Queens Law Associates Not-For-Profit Corporation

City-funded organization

Queens Law Associates Not-For-Profit Corporation does business as Queens Defenders, a Forest Hills-based nonprofit founded in 1996 that provides court-appointed criminal defense and related legal services (including immigration and family court matters) to indigent New Yorkers in Queens County. Its revenue comes almost entirely from city and state indigent-defense contracts; it holds one active NYC contract worth about $9.1 million and has been awarded roughly $230 million since 2015 across agencies including Social Services, Youth and Community Development, HPD, the Mayoralty, and the Office of Criminal Justice.

Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$9,056,739 · 1 contract
Awarded all-time
$229,995,178 · 16 since 2015, incl. expired
Paid to date
$183,084,533
Won without a fresh bid
74% of contract value · $170,930,036 · 13 contracts
Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
$1,627,093 · 43 awards
Funding history
Funded 10 years (FY2016–FY2025); not in FY2027
Top officer pay (FY2023)
$506,318 · Lori Zeno, Executive Director & CEO

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).

Discretionary funding received

City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.

Funded by these council members

City Council members who steered discretionary (member-item) money to this organization, largest first (FY2020 and later, where the sponsoring member is disclosed). Sitting members link to their page.

Officer & key-staff pay

Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2023). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.

Officer pay over time

Total officer pay changed +13% from FY2020 to FY2023. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.

Sources