Public Money Watch
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City’s Smaller Buys: $2.37M for Cellebrite, Breakfasts and AutoCAD
Eleven city awards worth $2.37M, ten of them noncompetitive: hazardous waste, NYPD Cellebrite software, ACS breakfasts and Parks AutoCAD.
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City Tests $1.1M Micro-Turbine to Make Power From Reservoir Water
A $1.13 million demonstration deal with InPipe Energy will test a micro-hydro turbine on a discharge line from the city’s East Branch reservoir.
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City Ratifies Probation Contract After Public Notice Came Too Late
The city’s chief procurement officer signed off on a $989,808 Probation contract whose required public notice ran nine months into the term.
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City Signs Off on $26.2 Million for Sewers, Software and Jail Tech
Sewer cleaning, planning consultants and jail software lead $26.2 million in city contracts; four of 13 were awarded without competitive bidding.
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City Signs Off on $45 Million for Afterschool, Housing and Families
Afterschool programs, supportive housing and family prevention services lead $45 million in city contract awards published Oct. 15 to 23.
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City Signs Off on $595.9 Million for Navy Yard, HPD Tech and Temps
A $586.8M no-bid Brooklyn Navy Yard deal leads $595.9M in city contracts, plus $8.6M for HPD housing-law tech and DHS temps.
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NYC Civic Watch: Bronx Budget Hearing, Meridian Road, $9.1M in Buys
Bronx CB5 takes budget requests Oct. 28 on Davidson Avenue, DOT seeks designers for Meridian Road in Queens, and six city buys total $9.1M.
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Park Avenue Brooklyn Rezoning Leads NYC Records With 481 Homes, $856M Shelter Contracts and East Harlem RFP
A proposed Park Avenue Brooklyn rezoning, citywide hotel-shelter contracts and an East Harlem cultural-space RFP surfaced in official public notices reviewed by NYC In…
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$241M in NYC Shelter and Tunnel Contracts Posted
Three public records reviewed by NYC In Focus show more than $241 million in shelter, stabilization-bed, and tunnel-design contract activity, including one public-comment deadline…
