How long your cash lasts while you wait for the city to pay
Type your organization's name or EIN. We read its tax return (Form 990) and its city contracts from public records.
Across New York
Human-service contracts that started from 1 Jul 2023 to 30 Jun 2025.
- 56% of 8,367 contracts were registered after their start date.
- 242 days is the typical time those late contracts took to be registered, from their start.
- 137 days is the typical wait from a contract's start to its first payment, over 7,497 contracts paid so far. 870 had no payment yet.
| Agency | Contracts | Typical days |
|---|---|---|
| Housing Preservation and Development | 77 | 859 |
| Fire Department | 25 | 578 |
| Department of Small Business Services | 158 | 527 |
| Department for the Aging | 590 | 251 |
| Department of Youth and Community Development | 1,790 | 247 |
| Department of Health and Mental Hygiene | 562 | 223 |
| Department of Social Services | 427 | 178 |
| Department of Probation | 77 | 142 |
| Department of Correction | 25 | 140 |
| Department of Homeless Services | 216 | 122 |
| Mayoralty | 48 | 114 |
| Department of Education | 3,023 | 110 |
| Office of Criminal Justice | 104 | 103 |
| Administration for Children's Services | 325 | on or before the start |
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