Laland Baptiste LLC

City-funded organization

Laland Baptiste LLC is a certified Minority/Women-Owned Business Enterprise construction management and civil engineering consulting firm founded by Schillivia and Robert Baptiste, which its own website lists as maintaining offices in Brooklyn, Buffalo, Latham, Rochester and Mineola, NY (the same city Checkbook NYC lists as the vendor's location); the firm states it served as lead Construction Manager and Consultant for the New York City Department of Design and Construction's Mentor Program starting in 2022. In Checkbook NYC records the firm holds $17.7 million in active contracts as of August 2026 with the Department of Design and Construction and Department of Parks and Recreation, and $67 million awarded since 2021 across 21 contracts; its largest contract, "CNYG-3222MR Construction Management Services" ($15 million), carries a "Renewal (not re-bid)" award tag, while most of its other listed contracts, including "M071-120M Riverside Drainage System WO# 1R" and "Construction Management Services," carry a "Multiple award" (competitive) tag. Overall, 53% of the firm's contract value ($35.5 million) has been awarded without a fresh competitive bid, and the city has paid the firm

Industry (per city contracts)
Professional Services
City contracts (active)
$17,658,021 · 10 contracts
Awarded all-time
$66,727,843 · 21 since 2021, incl. expired
Paid to date
$13,321,220
Won without a fresh bid
53% of contract value · $35,500,000 · 2 contracts
Based in
Mineola, NY (NY State)

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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