Essey Group LLC
City-funded organization
Essey Group LLC is a New York-registered LLC that has provided staffing services for NYC's asylum-seeker shelter system, including hotels, welcome centers and Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers under Department of Homeless Services emergency contracts; a NYC Comptroller review found Essey's staffing rates were lower than competing vendors SLSCO LP and DocGo for comparable positions. It holds $48.6 million in active NYC contracts as of August 2026 (1 contract) across the Department of Education, Department of Homeless Services and Law Department, part of $469.8 million awarded since 2014 across 26 contracts, with 90% of that value ($425.1 million, 12 contracts) awarded without a fresh competitive bid.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Professional Services
- City contracts (active)
- $48,591,637 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $470,028,228 · 26 since 2014, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $277,398,949
- Won without a fresh bid
- 90% of contract value · $425,339,085 · 12 contracts
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
- Law Department City agency
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).
- Temporary attorney services Department of Education · MA104020259575090 $48,591,637
- Essey Group Services at AF Third N 2022 Department of Homeless Services · CT107120248801265 · ended 2025 $200,516,506
- Asylum Seeker Application Temporary Staff Services Law Department · CT102520248802807 · ended 2025 $80,000,000
- Staffing of Temporary Attorneys Department of Education · MA104020239377280 · ended 2024 $38,022,459
- Master Agreement for the provision of Contract Attorneys Law Department · MMA102520186201336 · ended 2020 $21,100,000
- Master Agreement for the provision of Contract Attorneys Law Department · MMA102520216200977 · ended 2023 $17,750,000
- Prov. of temporary contract attorneys/paraleg svcs for DSNY Law Department · CTA102520187211987 · ended 2020 $13,100,000
- Prov. of temporary attorneys/paralegals srvs for Law&Others Law Department · CTA102520217205716 · ended 2022 $12,000,000
- Provider of contract attorneys Law Department · CT102520150002587 · ended 2014 $8,051,417
- Staffing of temporary attorneys Department of Education · CTA104020209085001 · ended 2020 $5,454,066