Freelancers Union Inc
City-funded organization
Freelancers Union Inc, City-funded organization. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Professional Services
- City contracts (active)
- $1,350,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $3,424,200 · 2 since 2020, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $2,913,701
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $3,424,200 · 2 contracts
- Council connection
- Rafael Espinal, Executive Director (FY2024 filing); former Council member
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).
- MOME Freelancers Hub Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications · CT185820258802488 $1,350,000
- Freelancers Hub, provide services relating to freelance work Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications · CT185820228802153 · ended 2024 $2,074,200
Council connections
Resigned the Council in January 2020 to lead the Freelancers Union and its parent entity Working Today. Working Today, which had received almost no council discretionary money before his arrival, began receiving Speaker allocations of $800,000 starting in FY2024. He left in February 2026 to become
- Rafael Espinal Former Council Member, District 37 (Brooklyn) · Executive Director, March 2020 to February 2026 $204,304 (FY2024)