Community Access, Inc.
Lobbying client
A nonprofit founded in 1974 that develops and operates supportive housing for people living with mental health concerns in New York City, with more than 2,000 units across 21 properties using a Housing First approach. It filed 13 disclosures since 2024 through Constantinople & Vallone Consulting, lobbying all 51 council members on housing financing and social service budget requests.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 13
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $200,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $167,857,480 · 16 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $277,321,913 · 73 since 2005, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $187,121,794
- Won without a fresh bid
- 98% of contract value · $271,558,126 · 70 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,093,517 · 5 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 4 years (FY2011–FY2027), including each of the last 2
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $369,049 · Carolyn Hedigan, Chief Executive Officer
- HPD housing capital financed
- $3,300,000 · 1 project · via HPD Local Law 44
- Based in
- New York, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Constantinople & Vallone Consulting LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - HFA and HCR funding requests as well as discretionary budget asks from NYC and NYS
- Budget - Real estate developer Social Service Provider
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- Intensive Mobile Treatment Team Services and Operations Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620191404653 $49,473,516
- FY23 Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620238800333 $36,605,191
- Permanent and supportive affordable housing in NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620190002626 $24,405,645
- Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620228800158 $18,521,035
- Supportive Housing and Crisis Respite Center Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620248800294 $14,056,245
- Renewal for Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620238800352 $7,200,532
- Recovery Center Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620228800207 $6,342,919
- FY 26-27 WEI, Allowance amount, COLA & ICR Department of Social Services · CT106920248801608 $2,269,562
- Single Room Occupancy Supportive Housing @Davidson Ave 73U Department of Social Services · CT106920258800792 $1,478,033
- Single Room Occupancy (SRO) services at 29th East 2nd Street Department of Social Services · CT106920268800060 $1,476,843
Largest payments, by purpose
The organization's largest individual city payments (roughly $25,000 and up), grouped by purpose, to show what recent money was for. This is NOT a total — smaller payments aren't listed; see “Paid to date” above for the complete amount paid against its contracts. Fiscal years 2020 and later.
- Intensive Mobile Treatment Team Services and Operations Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 · 11 payments $5,254,862
- Intensive Mobile Treatment Team Services and Operations Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 5 payments $5,198,764
- Intensive Mobile Treatment Team Services and Operations Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 10 payments $5,186,175
- Intensive Mobile Treatment Team Services and Operations Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2023 · 10 payments $4,383,022
- Intensive Mobile Treatment Team Services and Operations Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2027 $3,366,951
- FY23 Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 12 payments $2,714,673
- FY23 Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 18 payments $2,283,082
- FY23 Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 · 14 payments $2,265,259
- Permanent and supportive affordable housing in NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 · 14 payments $2,112,419
- FY23 Supportive Housing Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2027 · 4 payments $1,890,032
- Permanent and supportive affordable housing in NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 16 payments $1,735,093
- Permanent and supportive affordable housing in NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 8 payments $1,678,072
- Intensive Mobile Treatment Team Services and Operations Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 7 payments $1,643,155
- Supportive housing for single adults citywide Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 16 payments $1,465,991
- Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 14 payments $1,417,547
- Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 · 12 payments $1,356,348
- Supportive housing for single adults citywide Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 · 12 payments $1,350,354
- Supportive Housing Services Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 8 payments $1,272,290
- Supportive housing for single adults citywide Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 · 11 payments $1,242,716
- Permanent and supportive affordable housing in NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 14 payments $1,132,019
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Peer Specialists Support Peer Specialists Support · Dhmh · FY2026 $450,000
- Peer Specialists Support Peer Specialists Support · Dhmh · FY2027 $450,000
- Peer Specialists Support CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · Dhmh · FY2027 $150,000
- Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers Pandemic Support for Human Service Providers · Dhmh · FY2022 $40,017
- Club Access DOHMH · FY2011 $3,500
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2024). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Carolyn Hedigan Chief Executive Officer $369,049
- Adem Geraghty SR. Physician Nurse Practioner $253,727
- Christopher Lacovara Chief Financial Officer Thru April 2025 $249,910
- Morenike Ericka Williams Chief People Officer $232,691
- John Williams Chief Development & Communications Officer $229,859
- Javier Aget-Torres Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner $229,481
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +70% from FY2020 to FY2024. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Carolyn Hedigan · 3.03% of revenue $232,588
- FY2021 Carolyn Hedigan · 3.05% of revenue $245,945
- FY2022 Carolyn Hedigan · 3.16% of revenue $272,432
- FY2023 Carolyn Hedigan · 3.65% of revenue $317,033
- FY2024 Carolyn Hedigan · 4.25% of revenue $369,049
Federal awards
Federal awards made directly to this organization in fiscal years 2023 through 2026. Each amount is what the federal government has OBLIGATED on that award as recorded on USAspending.gov as of 2026-08-31 — money committed, not money paid out. These are prime awards only: federal money this
- Department of Housing and Urban Development 14.267 Continuum of Care Program · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $611,051
- Department of Housing and Urban Development 14.267 Continuum of Care Program · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $560,151
- Department of Housing and Urban Development 14.267 Continuum of Care Program · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $536,870
- Department of Housing and Urban Development 14.267 Continuum of Care Program · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $490,144
- Department of Housing and Urban Development 14.267 Continuum of Care Program · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $476,070
- Department of Housing and Urban Development 14.267 Continuum of Care Program · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $460,861
- Department of Housing and Urban Development 14.267 Continuum of Care Program · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $459,898
- Department of Housing and Urban Development 14.267 Continuum of Care Program · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $444,119
- Department of Housing and Urban Development 14.267 Continuum of Care Program · Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Grant $280,229