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
- Department of Education 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).
- Provide trade book material class C Department of Education · MA104020219175725 · ended 2026 $70,504,793
- Tradebook bid Class A Department of Education · MA104020149474136 · ended 2019 $39,000,000
- Tradebook bid Class A Department of Education · MA104020219175772 · ended 2026 $23,535,240
- Trade book materials Department of Education · MA104020209070061 · ended 2020 $13,632,295
- Provide trade book materials class B Department of Education · MA104020159570083 · ended 2019 $10,000,000
- Textbooks and Ancillary Materials Department of Education · MA104020159572667 · ended 2021 $9,711,492
- Provide trade book material class C Department of Education · MA104020159570084 · ended 2019 $7,500,000
- Trade book materials Department of Education · MA104020209070031 · ended 2020 $6,103,218
- Provide trade book material class C Department of Education · MA104020209070046 · ended 2020 $733,466
- To provide Class B Trade Book material. Department of Education · MA104020219175710 · ended 2024 $158,932