Abel Bainnson Butz, LLP

City-funded organization

Abel Bainnson Butz, LLP is a landscape architecture, design, and site-planning firm founded in 1968 and headquartered at 80 8th Avenue in Manhattan, working on parks, streetscapes, waterfronts, campuses, and other public and private landscapes, per its own website. The firm holds $15.8 million in active NYC contracts as of August 2026 across 7 agreements with the Department of Parks and Recreation, the largest a $9,000,000 citywide "Landscape Architecture consulting services, Citywide - M" contract (MMA184620268803157) awarded as a renewal without a fresh bid, alongside several smaller "Landscape Architecture Design Services" contracts won through multiple-award competitions. Checkbook NYC shows the firm has been awarded $80 million in city contracts since 2008 across 54 registrations; 31% of that contract value ($24 million across 5 contracts) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid, including an earlier $6,000,000 Parks renewal (MMA184620196201726, ended 2022).

Industry (per city contracts)
Professional Services
City contracts (active)
$15,849,112 · 7 contracts
Awarded all-time
$79,688,819 · 54 since 2008, incl. expired
Paid to date
$41,852,916
Won without a fresh bid
31% of contract value · $24,455,846 · 5 contracts
Based in
New York, NY

Holds contracts at

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).

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