Agudath Israel of America
Lobbying client
Agudath Israel of America, founded in 1922, is a national Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization headquartered in New York City that advocates for its community at the federal, state and city levels and runs social, educational and human services including immigrant support and workforce development. It filed 25 disclosures since 2024, lobbying council members Eric Dinowitz, Justin Brannan, Kalman Yeger and Keith Powers through Mercury Public Affairs on city budget funding for education, including securing FY2025 and 2026 funding and legislation related to special education.
- Council members lobbied
- 4
- Filings (since 2024)
- 25
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $445,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts (active)
- $5,989,954 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $51,085,482 · 84 since 2007, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $41,114,327
- Won without a fresh bid
- 77% of contract value · $39,188,928 · 78 contracts
- Based in
- New York, NY
Lobbied these council members
- Eric Dinowitz Council Member, District 11 (Bronx)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Mercury Public Affairs, LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Justin Brannan
- Kalman Yeger
- Keith Powers
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - 2026 Funding
- Budget - Bill number 0098-2022 related to education
- Budget - Secure Funding for FY2025
- Budget - Secure program funding
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - related to special education
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. Agudath Israel's social-services affiliate. The tag on each row is how it
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · CT112520278800315 $3,387,855
- Funds will provide literacy and digital literacy education Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258806859 $2,602,099
- PROVIDE OLDER ADULT CENTER SERVICES Department for the Aging · CT112520228804175 · ended 2024 $9,367,125
- OLDER ADULT CENTER Department for the Aging · CT112520258803857 · ended 2026 $4,902,353
- Drug, Violence Prevention and Intervention program Department of Education · CT104020089850214 · ended 2010 $2,261,292
- PROVIDE CONGREGATE LUNCH AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · CT112520170000214 · ended 2019 $2,023,709
- PROVIDE CONGREGATE LUNCH AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS Department for the Aging · CT112520170000215 · ended 2019 $1,897,732
- NEIGHBORHOOD SENIOR CENTER TO PROVIDE CONGREGATE MEALS Department for the Aging · CT112520131408703 · ended 2016 $1,816,798
- NEIGHBORHOOD SENIOR CENTER TO PROVIDE CONGREGATE MEALS Department for the Aging · CT112520131408216 · ended 2016 $1,719,851
- Adult Literacy Initiative/BEN/ESOL serv.opt1./competition2 Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020180000271 · ended 2021 $1,637,024
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 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction