GL Group LLC

City-funded organization

GL Group LLC (recorded on Checkbook NYC as GL Group Inc, chairman/CEO Ezra Zaafarani) held a series of NYC Department of Education contracts, starting in 2014, to supply trade-book and textbook materials to city schools; the largest, worth $70,504,793, was a non-competitive renewal running through 2026. All ten of its DOE contracts, together worth $181,404,437 (69% awarded without a fresh competitive bid), have now expired, and no independent company website or filing could be found to corroborate further detail beyond the Checkbook contract record.

Industry (per city contracts)
Goods
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $181,404,437 awarded since 2014
Paid to date
$200,562,219
Won without a fresh bid
69% of contract value · $124,379,437 · 7 contracts
Chairman / CEO
Ezra Zaafarani

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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