Touro University

Lobbying client

Touro University is a private university founded in 1971 by Dr. Bernard Lander and named for colonial Jewish-American philanthropists Isaac and Judah Touro, one of the largest institutions of higher and professional education under Jewish sponsorship in the United States. Its New York City system includes campuses in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Harlem, spanning liberal arts, law and health-sciences programs including the New York Medical College. It has filed 38 lobbying disclosures since 2024 worth $352,965 through four firms, lobbying nine council members on education funding, capital grants for nonprofits and a state hospital-closures issue, and holds about $188,169 in active NYC contracts as of August 2026.

Council members lobbied
9
Filings (since 2024)
38
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$362,965
Industry (per city contracts)
Standardized Services
City contracts (active)
$188,169 · 2 contracts
Awarded all-time
$8,177,989 · 6 since 2017, incl. expired
Paid to date
$9,601,877
Won without a fresh bid
85% of contract value · $6,988,049 · 5 contracts

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City contracts

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Federal awards

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