Staten Island Economic Development Corporation
City-funded organization
Staten Island Economic Development Corporation, City-funded organization. Connections, filings, and records traced to the public record.
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $9,027,186 awarded since 2009
- Paid to date
- $8,084,041
- Won without a fresh bid
- 94% of contract value · $8,450,053 · 46 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $7,575,534 · 195 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $257,191 · Michael Cusick, President &
- Assembly connection
- Michael Cusick, President & CEO (FY2024 filing); former Assembly member
Holds contracts at
- Department of Small Business Services 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).
- Expand efforts on behalf of the BIDS for economic develop. Department of Small Business Services · CT180120258802569 · ended 2026 $2,195,625
- FY23 funding to support economic development. Department of Small Business Services · CT180120238808168 · ended 2023 $545,500
- INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS ZONE STATEN ISLAND Department of Small Business Services · CT180120201403826 · ended 2023 $520,000
- FY22 DISCRETIONARY CONTRACT Department of Small Business Services · CT180120228805429 · ended 2022 $441,352
- To support neighborhood and business development services. Department of Small Business Services · CT180120218801096 · ended 2021 $420,500
- BS-Industrial Business Service for Entrepeneurship programs Department of Small Business Services · CT180120171404279 · ended 2019 $390,000
- NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES Department of Small Business Services · CT180120201419113 · ended 2020 $375,500
- NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES Department of Small Business Services · CT180120191416790 · ended 2019 $285,000
- IBZ 3 months increase Department of Small Business Services · CT180120100012209 · ended 2011 $242,580
- STATEN ISLAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FY18 4384 4385 4387 4389 Department of Small Business Services · CT180120181423551 · ended 2018 $237,500
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · SBS · FY2023 $200,000
- Economic Development - 51st District CM Speaker · SBS · FY2024 $200,000
- Economic Development - 51st District CM Speaker · SBS · FY2025 $200,000
- Economic Development - 51st District CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · SBS · FY2026 $200,000
- Economic Development - 51st District CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · SBS · FY2027 $200,000
- Speaker's Initiative Speaker's Initiative · SBS · FY2020 $140,000
- Local CM Speaker · SBS · FY2021 $140,000
- Local CM Speaker · SBS · FY2022 $140,000
- Economic Development - 50th District CM Speaker · SBS · FY2023 $140,000
- Economic Development - 50th District CM Speaker · SBS · FY2024 $140,000
- Economic Development - 50th District CM Speaker · SBS · FY2025 $140,000
- Economic Development - 50th District CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · SBS · FY2026 $140,000
- Economic Development - 50th District CM Speaker · SBS · FY2027 $140,000
- Local Dsbs · FY2016 $100,000
- Local DYCD · FY2019 $100,000
- Local Dsbs · FY2015 $99,000
- Local Dsbs · FY2016 $99,000
- Industrial Business Service Providers PEG Restoration Industrial Business Service Providers PEG Restoration · Dsbs · FY2014 $98,585
- Local Dsbs · FY2014 $98,000
- Local Dsbs · FY2012 $80,000
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.
- David M. Carr FY2022-2027 · 55 awards $1,055,000
- Borelli FY2020-2025 · 10 awards $321,000
- Steven Matteo FY2020-2021 · 15 awards $320,000
- Kamillah Hanks FY2024-2027 · 11 awards $145,000
- Frank Morano FY2026-2027 · 2 awards $80,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2024). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Michael Cusick President & $257,191
- Gina Gutman SR. Vice Pre $184,009
- Eli Khazzam VP Projects $119,808
- Doris Vitiello Comptroller $92,218
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +4% from FY2020 to FY2024. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Cesar J Claro · 32.27% of revenue $266,317
- FY2021 Cesar J Claro · 24.61% of revenue $293,568
- FY2022 Cesar J Claro · 28.23% of revenue $295,793
- FY2023 Cesar J Claro · 29.59% of revenue $228,049
- FY2024 Michael Cusick · 28.99% of revenue $257,191
Assembly connections
Retired from the State Assembly at the end of 2022 and was named President & CEO of the Staten Island Economic Development Corporation in February 2023. Role and pay are from the organization's own 990 filings; the identity was confirmed in press coverage (see sources). No violation is alleged.
- Michael Cusick Former State Assembly Member, District 63 (Staten Island) · President & CEO, since February 2023 $257,191 (FY2024)
Community project funding secured by (FY2024)
Members of New York's congressional delegation named as requestors of an enacted FY2024 community project for this organization, in the House Appropriations Committee's own final project tables. Each figure is the amount APPROPRIATED for that project, not money paid out to this organization to date.
- Charles E. Schumer Staten Island Skyway Underside Pilot · NY · Transportation, Housing and Urban Development $200,000
Federal awards
Federal awards made directly to this organization in fiscal years 2023 through 2026. Each amount is what the federal government has OBLIGATED on that award as recorded on USAspending.gov as of 2026-08-31 — money committed, not money paid out. These are prime awards only: federal money this
- Environmental Protection Agency 66.604 Environmental Justice Small Grant Program · Environmental Protection Agency · Grant $75,000