NYC Businesses Got $613M In Coronavirus Relief Effort Funds

NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based companies locked down more than $600 million in federal contracts awarded amid the nation's fight against the coronavirus, according to data.

The CARES Act relief funds went toward surgical gloves, hand sanitizer and medical supplies. They helped build temporary hospitals, paid for transportation and fresh vegetables.

Not all of it went back into New York City — roughly $200 million was spent on relief efforts in the city, according to the Federal Procurement Data System.

But the massive expenditures give a sense of how intertwined New York City companies were in coronavirus relief efforts — and could be again if a dreaded "second wave" continues to flow over the country and President-elect Joe Biden presses for another stimulus to fight the virus and buoy the economy.

"I'm convinced the Vice President — or, the President-elect, I should say now — will achieve the stimulus that'll help us get back on our feet," Mayor Bill de Blasio said Friday on MSNBC. "Absolutely confident."

Congress passed the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act on March 27. In addition to direct aid to people who lost their jobs and the Paycheck Protection Program to help small businesses avoid laying off workers, the act included direct government spending for fighting the coronavirus.

New York City companies received $613 million in that direct government spending, according to the data.

The top recipients of CARES Act contracts in New York City are as follows:

1. Turner Construction Company — $182,794,374
2. Young & Rubicam LLC — $113,872,305
3. CMGRP, Inc. — $49,870,466
4. Pfizer, Inc. — $37,975,029
5. Big Apple Sign Corp. — $29,209,536
6. Ernst & Young LLP — $26,357,183
7. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai — $23,694,700
8. Caprice Electronics, Inc. — $21,854,016
9. Young & Rubicam, Inc. — $18,400,000
10. New York Convention Center Operating Corporation — $11,364,953

The Turner Construction contracts went toward the construction of medical facilities in Tennessee, Illinois and Oregon, as well as Stony Brook, according to the data.

You can search for companies that received payments under CARES Act contracts through Nov. 5 using the search box below. You can also search by town. (NOTE: A payment showing $0 means the contract has been awarded but not payments had been made as of Nov. 5)

Source: Federal Procurement Data System