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
Part of
- Touro University Nonprofit / institution family
Lobbied these council members
- Eric Dinowitz Council Member, District 11 (Bronx)
- Harvey D. Epstein Council Member, District 2 (Manhattan)
- Susan Zhuang Council Member, District 43 (Brooklyn)
- Simcha Felder Council Member, District 44 (Brooklyn)
- Farah N. Louis Council Member, District 45 (Brooklyn)
- Mercedes Narcisse Council Member, District 46 (Brooklyn)
- Virginia Maloney Council Member, District 4 (Manhattan)
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
- Yusef Salaam Council Member, District 9 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- ASY Services, LLC Lobbyist firm
- Converge Government Affairs New York, LLC Lobbyist firm
- Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP Lobbyist firm
- Mirram Group LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Education City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Capital discretionary grants for nonprofit organizations
- Budget - Education
- Budget - Funding expense education activity
- Budget - Funding for programming
- Budget - Seeking funding
- State Issue - Hospital closures
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).
- Initial Outfitting of College Pharmacy at Touro University Department of Design and Construction · CT185020258801428 $100,000
- PWDNHRLEM, SimMan human patient simulator manikin Department of Design and Construction · CT185020258803697 $88,169
- Career Training Program Department of Education · MA104020249470671 · ended 2024 $6,562,380
- Scholarship Programs for Special Education in Teaching and Department of Education · MA104020199979697 · ended 2023 $1,189,940
- 5TU - support the district based older adult services Department for the Aging · CT112520258807809 · ended 2026 $187,500
- 5TU - Screening Education and Resources. Department for the Aging · CT112520248802893 · ended 2023 $50,000
Where their influence converges
Outside interests connected to this official through more than one independent channel — drawn straight from the records the rest of the site already shows. “Lobbied them” = a lobbying filing that named the member. “Outside spending” = an independent-expenditure committee the interest funds spent in
- Eric Dinowitz It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 3 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Farah N. Louis It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Mercedes Narcisse It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Susan Zhuang It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Yusef Salaam It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
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 Education 84.425 Education Stabilization Fund · Department of Education · Grant $23,504,507
- Department of Education 84.425 Education Stabilization Fund · Department of Education · Grant $18,701,829
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $11,917,678
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $11,525,793
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $10,074,365
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $9,996,954
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $9,866,233
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.925 Scholarships for Health Professions Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $3,898,268
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.157 Centers of Excellence · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $3,150,242
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $2,152,906
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $1,641,259
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $1,635,282
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.732 Mental and Behavioral Health Education and Training Grants · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $1,614,067
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $1,591,188
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $1,580,332
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $1,517,498
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $1,426,369
- Department of Education 84.033 Federal Work-Study Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $1,327,914
- Department of Health and Human Services 93.191 Graduate Psychology Education · Health Resources and Services Administration · Grant $1,237,622
- Department of Education 84.063 Federal Pell Grant Program · Department of Education · Direct payment $1,063,248