Harkins Kovler, LLC
City-funded organization
Harkins Kovler, LLC is a New York-based independent proxy-solicitation and shareholder-activism advisory firm (formed in 2018 as a rebrand of the Harkins Group) that advises on M&A transactions and proxy contests. Per Checkbook NYC, it was awarded a single $116.8 million contract with the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, won without a fresh bid and now expired, with $88.9 million paid to date.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Professional Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $116,841,664 awarded since 2020
- Paid to date
- $88,932,203
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $116,841,664 · 1 contract
- Based in
- New York, NY
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).
- COVID-19 EMERGENCY PURCHASE: 311 BACKUP CENTER Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications · CT185820201422592 · ended 2023 $116,841,664