Neighborhood Defender Service, Inc.

Lobbying client

Neighborhood Defender Service (NDS) is a nonprofit public defender group based in Harlem that has represented low-income New Yorkers in criminal, family, housing and immigration cases since 1990, pairing attorneys with social workers and investigators in a community-based defense model. City lobbying filings show the organization has filed three disclosures since 2025, lobbying all 51 City Council members through lobbyist London House LLC on securing program funding, including in connection with a City Council oversight hearing, and reporting $52,500 in compensation.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
4
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$52,500
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$59,408,600 · 4 contracts
Awarded all-time
$255,110,160 · 35 since 2007, incl. expired
Paid to date
$195,161,748
Won without a fresh bid
67% of contract value · $170,425,370 · 29 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$12,949,656 · 38 awards
Funding history
Funded 16 years (FY2009–FY2027), including each of the last 8
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$431,550 · Patrick Jones, Executive Director

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What they lobbied on

subjects from their filings

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).

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.

Discretionary funding received

City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.

Funded by these council members

City Council members who steered discretionary (member-item) money to this organization, largest first (FY2020 and later, where the sponsoring member is disclosed). Sitting members link to their page.

Officer & key-staff pay

Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2023). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.

Officer pay over time

Total officer pay changed +29% from FY2020 to FY2023. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.

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