The New York City Center for Charter School Excellence

Lobbying client

Filed with the city as the New York City Center for Charter School Excellence, this is the same nonprofit (EIN 20-0759687) that now goes by the NYC Charter School Center, a citywide support and advocacy group for NYC charter schools that helps new schools launch and lobbies for charter-friendly funding and policy. Since 2024 it has filed 28 lobbying reports and reported $183,139 in compensation, using Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, and Tusk Strategies to lobby seven council members, including Justin Brannan, Rafael Salamanca Jr. and Rita Joseph, on charter school funding in the city budget and on local legislation affecting charter schools. It has held $50,000 in city contracts since 2020, none currently active.

Council members lobbied
7
Filings (since 2024)
28
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$183,139
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $50,000 awarded since 2020
Paid to date
$23,900

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