Ares Group LLC

City-funded organization

Ares Group is a printing company that owns the lot at 31-22 College Point Boulevard in Queens' College Point Corporate Park, where it leases space to the NYPD for a vehicle tow pound under a 20-year lease. Checkbook NYC records one active $73.6 million NYPD contract as of August 2026 for the site plus a prior $12.0 million license-extension contract that closed out in 2018.

City contracts (active)
$73,604,140 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$85,599,453 · 2 since 2013, incl. expired
Paid to date
$43,726,827
Won without a fresh bid
100% of contract value · $85,599,453 · 2 contracts

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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