Happy Day Transit, Inc

City-funded organization

Happy Day Transit, Inc is a pre-kindergarten and special needs student transportation company that, per its own website (schoolbus.nyc), has served New York City since 1981 and operates out of 144 Pilling Street in Brooklyn; New York State Department of State corporate records list Andrew Imperato as its CEO. All of the company's contracts with the city's Department of Education have expired: it was awarded $90,407,812 across 12 registered contracts since 2008, of which 81% of contract value ($73,026,488) was awarded without a fresh competitive bid, and the city has paid it $101,705,226 to date. That total includes a Pre-K Pupil Transportation contract that grew from $5,023,000 to $60,873,402 through renewals rather than a fresh bid before ending in 2025.

Industry (per city contracts)
Standardized Services
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $90,407,812 awarded since 2008
Paid to date
$102,474,340
Won without a fresh bid
81% of contract value · $73,026,488 · 12 contracts
Based in
Brooklyn, NY
Chairman / CEO
Andrew Imperato

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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