Project Witness
Lobbying client
Project Witness, Lobbying client. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 11
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $73,080
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $1,482,000 awarded since 2018
- Paid to date
- $1,441,377
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $1,482,000 · 13 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,980,000 · 45 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2020 (8 years running)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Capitol Consulting NY LLC Lobbyist firm
- Handshake LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
- Mayoralty City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
- Mayoralty City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Program Funding
- Budget - Secure program funding
- Budget - securing funding for programs
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).
- Funding to support educational programing Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248806959 · ended 2026 $768,000
- 2W3 - support Holocaust survivors Department for the Aging · CT112520248805286 · ended 2026 $187,500
- FY20 Base Mayoralty · CT100220211415871 · ended 2020 $77,500
- 2W3 - to support Holocaust survivors Department for the Aging · CT112520238806720 · ended 2023 $50,000
- DFTA ID 2W3 - FY21 City Council/Discretionary Fu Department for the Aging · CT112520238802350 · ended 2021 $50,000
- 2W3 - to support Holocaust survivors Department for the Aging · CT112520238802348 · ended 2022 $50,000
- To support prevention and responding to hate crimes. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248802875 · ended 2023 $50,000
- Hate Crime Prevention Initiative Mayoralty · CT100220238804272 · ended 2022 $50,000
- This program offers the Holocaust awareness to youth. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191411028 · ended 2019 $49,500
- Support educational programing teaching Holocaust awareness. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238804510 · ended 2021 $44,500
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.
- Funding to support educational programing Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2027 $292,000
- Funding to support educational programing Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 · 2 payments $175,311
- FY20 Base Mayoralty · FY2021 $77,500
- Support educational programing teaching Holocaust awareness. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $44,500
- 2W3 - support Holocaust survivors Department for the Aging · FY2026 $42,068
- To support educational programs for youth Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2021 $41,447
- Support Holocaust awareness education program. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 $31,430
- Funding to support Project H.E.A.R.T. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $29,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Teacher Training CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $275,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2025 $255,000
- Teacher Training CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2026 $255,000
- Project HEART CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DYCD · FY2027 $100,000
- Hate Crimes Prevention Hate Crimes Prevention · MOCJ · FY2020 $77,500
- Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors · DFTA · FY2020 $50,000
- Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors · DFTA · FY2021 $50,000
- Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors · DFTA · FY2022 $50,000
- Hate Crime Prevention Initiative Hate Crime Prevention Initiative · MOCJ · FY2022 $50,000
- Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors · DFTA · FY2023 $50,000
- Hate Crime Prevention Initiative Hate Crime Prevention Initiative · DYCD · FY2023 $50,000
- Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors · DFTA · FY2024 $50,000
- Hate Crimes Prevention Hate Crimes Prevention · DYCD · FY2024 $50,000
- Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors · DFTA · FY2025 $50,000
- Hate Crimes Prevention Hate Crimes Prevention · DYCD · FY2025 $50,000
- Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors · DFTA · FY2026 $50,000
- Hate Crimes Prevention Hate Crimes Prevention · DYCD · FY2026 $50,000
- Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors Elie Wiesel Holocaust Survivors · DFTA · FY2027 $50,000
- Hate Crimes Prevention Hate Crimes Prevention · DYCD · FY2027 $50,000
- Project H.E.A.R.T. - Council District 44 CM Felder · DYCD · FY2027 $30,000
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.
- Kalman Yeger FY2020-2025 · 6 awards $138,000
- Inna Vernikov FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $59,500
- Simcha Felder FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $52,000
- Lander FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $20,000
- Deutsch FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $15,000
- Eric Dinowitz FY2025-2027 · 3 awards $15,000
- Susan Zhuang FY2027 · 1 award $10,000
- Grodenchik FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $4,000
- Linda Lee FY2022-2023 · 2 awards $4,000