An upcoming City Hall hearing comes at the right time for nonprofit advocates who want to channel media attention and outrage following the release of a report this week by city Comptroller Scott Stringer into definitive improvements for city human services contracts.
The report highlighted an issue familiar to many nonprofits that contract with the city – delayed payments. Ninety percent of new and renewal contracts arrived at the comptroller’s office – the final step in the city procurement process – after their start date, according to the report. Some 10 percent of contracts overall arrived a full year after programming was required to start.
