News

Press Releases & Media Coverage:

2026

• April 9, 2026 (Press release): City Hall Leadership Convenes Commissioners for Provider Payment Pulse to Review Q3 Performance Data and Accelerate Progress Across Human Service Agencies

2025

• December 16, 2025 (Press release): The Mayor's Office of Nonprofit Services Celebrates Milestones in Supporting Nonprofits and Advancing Bold Payment Reforms

• December 16, 2025: TNN News: Mayor's Office of Nonprofit Services Announces Major Milestones in Nonprofit Payment Reforms

• December 1, 2025: City & State: New York City Has Reduced its Nonprofit Contract Backlog by 52% This Year

• November 3, 2025: City & State (Op-ed): Funding Just Got Easier For NYC's Small and Local Nonprofits

 

• October 29, 2025 (Ethnic & Community Media Roundtable): Epoch Times: The New York City Government Pushes Reform Policy to Increase the Prepayment Ratio of Non-profit Institutions

• October 28, 2025 (Ethnic & Community Media Roundtable): TNN: New York City Unveils Major Nonprofit Reforms to Streamline Funding and Strengthen Partnerships

• September 30, 2025: TNN: NYC Youth Voices Lead The Way: Mayor's Office of Nonprofit Services Joins COFCCA Legislative Breakfast

• September 28, 2025 (NYC Nonprofit Week): Stabroek News: Guyanese Educator Honored at NYC's Inaugural Excellence in Human Service Delivery Awards

• September 19, 2025: TNN: NYC Boosts Nonprofit Support with Historic $5 Billion Advance

• August 30, 2025 (NYC Nonprofit Week): BK Reader: NYC Launches Pilot to Get Small Nonprofits Paid Faster

• April 29, 2025 (Press release): Mayor Adams Announces Unprecedented $5+ Billion in Advance Payments to Be Made to City-Contracted Nonprofit Providers, Providing More Upfront Cash and Contracts to Providers Than Ever Before

• August 25, 2025 (NYC Nonprofit Week): City & State: Alleviating Nonprofit Stress Through More Reliable City Processes

• August 25, 2025 (NYC Nonprofit Week): Bronx Times: Mott Haven Family Enrichment Center Wins City Emerging Nonprofit Award

• August 23, 2025 (NYC Nonprofit Week): BK Reader: NYC Honors Nonprofits and City Staff at First Human Service Awards

• August 23, 2025 (NYC Nonprofit Week): NY Daily News (MOIA Op-ed): Celebrate Immigrant-Serving Nonprofits

• August 21, 2025: Schneps Connects: Bridging City Hall and Nonprofits with Michael Sedillo, Executive Director of the Mayor's Office of Nonprofit Services

• August 21, 2025 (NYC Nonprofit Week): City & State: Nonprofits May Finally See Faster Payments in NYC

• August 21, 2025 (Press release): Mayor Adams, Speaker Adams Announce Bold Contract Reform to Help Nonprofits Get Paid Faster

• August 20, 2025 (NYC Nonprofit Week): WPIX 11: Queens Center Gives People  Once Behind Bars A Second Chance

• August 20, 2025 (NYC Nonprofit Week): NY Daily News: (MOCJ Op-ed) NYC's Nonprofit Housing for the Justice-Involved

• August 20, 2025 (NYC Nonprofit Week): AM New York: City Celebrates Nonprofits, Public Servants at Inaugural Human Service Awards

• August 20, 2025 (Press release): Mayor Adams, First Deputy Mayor Mastro and Deputy Mayor Almanzar Announce Inaugural Winners of Excellence in Human Service  Delivery Awards, Honoring Outstanding Nonprofits and Public Servants

• August 18, 2025 (NYC Nonprofit Week): WPIX 11 (Exclusive): Celebrating NYC's Non-Profits

• August 18, 2025 (Press release): Mayor Adams Kicks Off "NYC Nonprofit Week" by Unveiling Record Number of Contracts Submitted for Registration, Highlighting Adams Administration's Continued Support for Nonprofits

• July 4, 2025: City & State/ NYN Media: Working To Help NYC Finally Pay Its Nonprofit Contractors

• July 3, 2025: WPIX 11: (Exclusive) NYC To Distribute  $5 Billion To Nonprofits Starting July

• June 23, 2025: El Diario: (Op-ed) Impulso a la rendición de cuentas y el cambio cultural para que las organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro reciban sus pagos

• June 6, 2025: Crain’s (Op-ed): The Adams Administration Is Changing How Nonprofits Get Paid

 

• May 23, 2025: City & State: Amid Critical Funding Shortfalls, Nonprofit Leaders Honored For Providing Essential Needs

 

• May 19, 2025: City & State: The 2025 Nonprofit Trailblazers 

• April 30, 2025 (Press release): What They're Saying: New Yorkers Praise Mayor Adams' Unprecedented $5+ Billion in Advance Payments to be Made to City-Contracted Nonprofit Providers, Providing More Upfront Cash and Contracts to Providers Than Ever Before

• April 29, 2025: AM New York: Adams Admin Releases Over $5 Billion in Advance Payments to Nonprofit Providers

• February 3, 2025: Daily News (Op-ed): Helping Nonprofits Help New Yorkers

• January 24, 2025 (Press release): Mayor Adams Issues Order Requiring City Agencies to Designate Chief Nonprofit Officer to Improve Services, Expedite Payments to Providers

 

• January 3, 2025: AMNY: Mayor Adams Tackles Nonprofit Payment Delays, Appoints New Executive Director

• January 3, 2025: Crain’s: Adams Replaces Nonprofit Czar Amid Late-Payment Crisis

• January 3, 2025: Harlem World Magazine: Mayor Adams Appoints Michael Sedillo To Expedite Nonprofit Provider Payments

• January 3, 2025: Mayor Adams Appoints Michael Sedillo as Executive Director of Mayor’s Office of Nonprofit Services, Announces Several New Efforts to Pay Nonprofit Providers Faster

 2024

• April 2, 2024 (Press release): Mayor Adams Announces New York City's First-Ever Nonprofit Advisory Council 

• March 14, 2024 (Press release): Mayor Adams Boosts Pay for 80,000 Human Services Workers With $741 Million Cost-of-Living Adjustment