First Student, Inc. on behalf of Bella Bus Corp.; L & M Bus Corp.; Pride Transportation Services Inc.; Quality Transportation Corp. and Total Transportation Corp.

Lobbying client

First Student is a leading student transportation provider in North America, carrying more than 5 million students to school daily across the U.S. and Canada. The company operates in New York City through five carriers, Bella Bus, L&M Bus, Pride Transportation Services, Quality Transportation, and Total Transportation Corp., which together hold about $1.26 billion in city contracts since 2006, about $44.6 million of it currently active as of August 2026, for student transportation, and filed one lobbying disclosure in 2024 through Davidoff Hutcher & Citron on contract administration.

Council members lobbied
1
Filings (since 2024)
12
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$338,870
Industry (per city contracts)
Standardized Services
City contracts (active)
$44,629,484 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$1,281,416,194 · 51 since 2006, incl. expired
Paid to date
$1,782,337,370
Won without a fresh bid
94% of contract value · $1,203,703,031 · 43 contracts
Based in
Bklyn, NY

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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. NYC school-bus subsidiary First Student filed on behalf of. The tag on

Where their influence converges

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