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Last updated · June 22, 2026
Decision Documents
Audit trail for the records that would let the public verify the award decisions. Defaults to Not publicly released — requested from DYCD. See /records-request for the full 33-item list.
| # | Title | Publicly available? | Requested? | Date requested | Date received | Source | Decision-maker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Complete incumbent-to-awardee crosswalk, school by school Without this, no one outside DYCD can confirm who was displaced where. Every other claim depends on it. | No | Yes | 2026-06-10 | Not received | NYC DYCD | DYCD |
| 2 | Principal ranking forms for every COMPASS/SONYC site Principals were permitted to express preferences. DYCD has not shown which schools ranked the incumbent first. | No | Yes | 2026-05-23 | Not received | NYC DYCD | DYCD |
| 3 | School-by-school override memos or award-justification records When the awardee differs from the principal's ranking, the public record needs the written rationale. | No | Yes | 2026-06-10 | Not received | NYC DYCD | DYCD |
| 4 | Incumbent and awardee evaluation scores by category PPB rules require competitive scoring. Categories, weights, and totals must be publicly inspectable. | No | Yes | 2026-05-23 | Not received | NYC DYCD | DYCD |
| 5 | Definition, weight, and application of 'provider diversity' DYCD's defense relied on this concept. The public has not seen how it was operationalized. | No | Yes | 2026-06-10 | Not received | NYC DYCD | DYCD |
| 6 | Every vendor protest, debrief request, decision, and appeal Procurement integrity is verifiable only when challenge outcomes are public. | No | Yes | 2026-06-15 | Not received | NYC DYCD | DYCD |
| 7 | Old and new seat allocations and per-site funding amounts Continuity of service depends on whether seats and dollars actually transfer. | Partial | Yes | 2026-06-10 | Not received | NYC DYCD / Checkbook NYC | DYCD / Comptroller |
| 8 | Licensing and registration status of each 2026 awardee Capacity to run a city-funded program at scale must be documented before September. | No | Yes | 2026-06-15 | Not received | NYC DYCD | DYCD |
| 9 | Staff-retention and transition plans, by site Adult continuity is the difference between a program and a placeholder. | No | Yes | 2026-06-10 | Not received | NYC DYCD / awardees | DYCD |
| 10 | School-partnership agreements between awardees and principals DOE and DYCD share these buildings. Written agreements show whether the school actually consented. | No | Yes | 2026-06-15 | Not received | NYC DYCD / NYCPS | DYCD / NYCPS |
| 11 | Disability-access plans for IEP/504 students at every site Access is a federal civil-rights obligation, not an add-on. Plans must exist before transition. | No | Yes | 2026-05-28 | Not received | NYC DYCD | DYCD / OCR |
| 12 | Parent-communication and late-pickup plans for August/September transition Working families need notice in writing, in their language, before the first day. | No | Yes | 2026-06-10 | Not received | NYC DYCD / awardees | DYCD |
| 13 | Full RFP scoring rubric and final scoring decisions for every applicant A six-year, hundreds-of-millions-of-dollars award cannot be audited from a press statement. | No | Yes | 2026-05-23 | Not received | NYC DYCD | DYCD |
| 14 | Evaluator qualifications and panel-selection procedure Who scored these proposals, what experience they had, and how DYCD chose them. | No | Yes | 2026-06-10 | Not received | NYC DYCD | DYCD |
| 15 | Evaluator training, written instructions, and conflict-of-interest disclosures Including how reviewers were told to treat incumbent site-specific performance. | No | Yes | 2026-06-10 | Not received | NYC DYCD | DYCD |
| 16 | Inter-rater reliability / scoring-variance analysis Without variance analysis, the rubric is unverifiable. | No | Yes | 2026-06-15 | Not received | NYC DYCD | DYCD |
| 17 | Site-level parent/provider survey instruments, response counts, and scoring If parent or provider feedback shaped scoring, the public needs the instrument and the methodology. | No | Yes | 2026-06-15 | Not received | NYC DYCD | DYCD |
| 18 | RFP / contract language on subcontracting (reported ~30% cap) If awardees may subcontract a large share, why was a functioning integrated provider removed at all? | Partial | Yes | 2026-06-15 | Not received | NYC DYCD | DYCD |
| 19 | Attachment 02 — Basis for Contract Award and Evaluation Procedures The document that may explain how principal preference and provider diversity were actually used. | No | Yes | 2026-06-15 | Not received | NYC DYCD | DYCD |
| 20 | Attachment 05 — Eligible Schools The list of schools each provider was eligible to apply for — needed to reconstruct who could have competed for each site. | No | Yes | 2026-06-15 | Not received | NYC DYCD | DYCD |
Press Clippings
- Chalkbeat: NYC after-school contract shakeup sparks fury after beloved, long-term providers are oustedChalkbeat — Amy Zimmer & Julian Shen-Berro · 2026-05-21
Citywide pattern of opacity in COMPASS / SONYC rebid; quotes from Coalition for Hispanic Family Services at Louis Armstrong MS and The Computer School principal.
Why it matters: Establishes the controversy is citywide, not parent-specific.
Press reportedLast verified 2026-06-22- Current decision-maker
- DYCD / Mayor
Next actionCite in records-request and Council follow-up. - Tribeca Citizen: Manhattan Youth loses contracts at 12 middle-school afterschool programsTribeca Citizen — Pam Frederick · 2026-05-19
Names affected District 2 middle schools (Facing History, Lab, PPAS, Quest, School of the Future, Simon Baruch, Salk, ASL, Computer School, West End, Wagner, Yorkville East, Judith S. Kaye) and reports six-year contract terms.
Why it matters: Primary source for the affected-school list and contract length.
Press reportedLast verified 2026-06-22- Current decision-maker
- DYCD / Mayor
Next actionCross-reference school list against /contract-status tracker. - Bronx Times: Bronx residents rally against funding cuts to Renaissance Youth CenterBronx Times — Camille Botello · 2026-05-27
$800K cut, 32 staff jobs, 120+ students at 7 schools, 100+ at rally.
Why it matters: Shows borough-wide impact beyond District 2.
Press reportedLast verified 2026-06-22- Current decision-maker
- DYCD / Mayor
- West Side Spirit / Our Town: parent organizing on Upper East and West SidesStraus News
Local coverage of parent response across Manhattan school districts.
Why it matters: Local Manhattan coverage outside of trade press.
Press reportedLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- Straus News
- SILive / Staten Island Advance — afterschool coverageSILive
Borough-level reporting search for COMPASS/SONYC rebid coverage.
Why it matters: Tracks Staten Island awardee changes as they surface.
Press reportedLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- SILive
DYCD Documents
- DYCD award announcement and provider list (May 8, 2026)NYC DYCD · 2026-05-08
Provider-by-school award list as published by DYCD.
Why it matters: Foundation document for the crosswalk demand on /records-request.
Official statementLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- NYC DYCD
- Current decision-maker
- DYCD
Next actionTreat as eligible-for-award only; do not infer registration. - COMPASS / SONYC RFP and pre-proposal materialsNYC DYCD
Original RFP, FAQ, and scoring framework references.
Why it matters: Establishes what DYCD committed to in the procurement.
Official statementLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- NYC DYCD
- COMPASS expansion program pageNYC DYCD
Public-facing program narrative and intended scope.
Why it matters: Reference for DYCD's stated rationale and program model.
Official statementLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- NYC DYCD
- Procurement Policy Board (PPB) rulesNYC Mayor's Office of Contract Services
Citywide rules governing competitive procurements, scoring, and protests.
Why it matters: Defines what a defensible award and a valid protest look like.
Official statementLast verified 2026-06-22
Council / Budget
- City Council Youth Services Committee hearing — June 16, 2026NYC Council · 2026-06-16
Committee testimony where parents, providers, and members raised the rebid. Agenda and video archived in Legistar.
Why it matters: Establishes formal Council engagement on the record.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- NYC Council
- September 18, 2025 Council hearing on Afterschool Expansion and DYCD Concept Paper — official transcript (PDF)NYC Council — Committee on Youth Services · 2025-09-18
Official NYC Council transcript of the pre-RFP hearing on afterschool expansion and the DYCD concept paper. Records DYCD's framing of stakeholder engagement (14 sessions, 272 attendees), planning for new expansion sites, transportation and District 75 access issues, and arts/enrichment concerns raised before the RFP was released.
Why it matters: Primary record of what DYCD told the Council before the procurement — the baseline against which the May 2026 awards must be judged.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Current decision-maker
- Council / DYCD
- May 28, 2026 FY2027 Executive Budget Hearing — full transcript (TXT)NYC Council — Committees on Finance, Children and Youth, Immigration · 2026-05-28
Full 5h 51m transcript of the FY2027 Executive Budget Hearing covering ACS, DYCD, and MOIA. The DYCD segment is the on-the-record source for the COMPASS/SONYC rebid admissions: parents not part of provider selection, slot-continuity-not-provider-continuity framing, provider-diversity as a stated goal, principal rankings collected, schools left with no award, pending licensing transitions, and the Commissioner's 'resilience' comment.
Why it matters: Primary document — the full hearing text that the admissions on /may-28-budget-hearing are sourced from, so any reader can verify quotes and timestamps.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Current decision-maker
- Council / DYCD
- Speaker Julie Menin — official press releasesOffice of the Speaker
Speaker's official press feed, including statements on the District 2 awards.
Why it matters: Highest-ranking legislative voice on the rebid to date.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- Office of the Speaker
- Speaker Menin / Coalition letter to DYCD — June 10, 2026 (PDF)Office of the Speaker · 2026-06-10
Joint elected-officials letter calling for reconsideration of the District 2 awards.
Why it matters: Primary document — direct text of the legislative ask, on file.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- Office of the Speaker
- Current decision-maker
- DYCD
- Speaker Menin, CM Maloney, CM Epstein & AM Powers — first letter to DYCD on Manhattan Youth (May 23, 2026, PDF)Office of the Speaker · 2026-05-23
First joint letter from Speaker Julie Menin, Council Member Virginia Maloney, Council Member Harvey Epstein, and Assembly Member Keith Powers asking Commissioner Escamilla-Davies why Manhattan Youth lost numerous middle-school contracts despite strong school-community support. Requests scoring methodology, principal ratings, attendance data, and reconsideration of award decisions.
Why it matters: Establishes that the legislative ask predates the June 10 follow-up by 18 days — DYCD had advance notice and a written record of the questions before the public testimony day.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- Office of the Speaker
- Current decision-maker
- DYCD
- Committee on Finance — June 10, 2026 FY2027 Executive Budget public-testimony hearing (full video, 11h 25m)NYC Council — Committee on Finance (Chair Linda Lee) · 2026-06-10
Full 11-hour-25-minute Council livestream of the June 10, 2026 Committee on Finance public-testimony day on the FY2027 Executive Budget, streamed from Council Chambers at City Hall. Embedded on /june-10-testimony alongside the Legistar meeting page, published agenda, minutes, and attachments.
Why it matters: Primary source — the entire public-testimony record, on the Council's own channel, so any quote or moment can be verified at its timestamp.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22 - Assemblymember Alex Bores letter to DYCD — June 15, 2026 (PDF)NY State Assembly District 73 · 2026-06-15
Formal letter to DYCD requesting review, scoring data, and documentation.
Why it matters: State-level oversight engagement with specific document requests.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Current decision-maker
- DYCD
- Assemblymember Alex Bores — Assembly profileNY State Assembly
Official profile and contact for the sponsor of the June 15 letter.
Why it matters: Constituent contact path for follow-up.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- NY State Assembly
- NYS Senator Jessica Scarcella-Spanton letter to DYCD — June 16, 2026 (PDF)NY State Senate District 23 · 2026-06-16
Senator urges DYCD to reinstate Children's Aid seats at the Goodhue Center and I.S. 61 on Staten Island after seats were cut from 300 to 60 with little notice and no appeal.
Why it matters: Second sitting elected official, this time at the State Senate level and from Staten Island, formally pressing DYCD on a specific school-site cut.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Current decision-maker
- DYCD
- CEC District 3 resolution calling for Comptroller review and stay of contested DYCD afterschool awards (PDF)Community Education Council District 3 · 2026-06
Adopted CEC3 resolution (sponsors: Savov, Rackmill, Meiri Fox, Lee, Denbo) calling on the NYC Comptroller to stay registration of contested COMPASS/SONYC contract awards pending an independent investigation into DYCD's scoring methodology, weighting of NYCPS principal advisor input, treatment of vendor performance data, basis for any preferential treatment, adherence to stated RFP criteria, awards to lower-scoring vendors, potential conflicts of interest, and the adequacy of public notice. Also calls on DYCD, NYCPS, and the Comptroller to develop clear public standards for future procurements, including timely notice to families and CECs, appropriate weighting of vendor quality and community satisfaction, timely posting of vendor performance evaluations, and a defined public appeals process. Cites the District 3 Computer School / Anderson / Dual-Language co-location, the Manhattan Youth / MSAL disruption, and the 6,200+ signature petition.
Why it matters: Primary document — an elected parent body on record asking the Comptroller to intervene before contract registration, with a specific list of investigation items that maps directly to the records-request and legal-intake asks on this site.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Current decision-maker
- Comptroller / DYCD
Next actionForward to Comptroller registration desk before submission.
Contract Registration
- NYC Comptroller — Checkbook NYC contract searchNYC Comptroller
Public registration status for City contracts including DYCD awards.
Why it matters: Determines whether contracts have actually been registered for September.
Official statementLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- NYC Comptroller
- Comptroller pre-registration / non-registration authorityNYC Comptroller
Comptroller's authority to flag or refuse registration of contracts.
Why it matters: One of the few remaining intervention points before fall implementation.
Official statementLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- NYC Comptroller
Disability Grievances
- Federal OCR / Section 504 complaint pathwayU.S. Dept. of Education OCR
Official OCR complaint intake for disability-access violations.
Why it matters: Direct filing path for IEP/504 families harmed by provider transitions.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22 - DOJ ADA Title II complaint pathwayU.S. Dept. of Justice — Civil Rights Division
Federal ADA Title II complaint intake.
Why it matters: Parallel federal track for disability-access claims.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22 - DYCD response to disability-access grievance (redacted)NYC DYCD — Ruma Debi · 2026-06
DYCD's written response to a May 28, 2026 parent grievance about Wagner: agency declines to treat the submission as a formal discrimination complaint because it does not name a specific incident, and points the family to the program office instead. Grievant name and contact details redacted.
Why it matters: Primary document — shows DYCD's procedural posture on disability-access concerns and is the reason an amended, structured grievance was filed using the dycdparentaction.com format.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- NYC DYCD — Ruma Debi
- Current decision-maker
- DYCD / OCR
- Amended formal disability-access grievance to DYCD (Wagner / J.H.S. 167)Parent grievant — Jamie Parganos · 2026-06
Amended formal grievance filed in response to DYCD's June 11, 2026 procedural denial. Names the specific action (Wagner COMPASS/SONYC provider transition from Manhattan Youth to NYJTL) and the specific omission (no Wagner-specific written disability-access transition plan, accommodation process, staff-training plan, de-escalation/sensory-support protocol, or exclusion-prevention policy before implementation). Grounds the claim in ADA Title II, Section 504, NYSHRL/NYCHRL, Alexander v. Choate (meaningful access), Henrietta D. v. Bloomberg (reasonable accommodation), A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools (2025) (no heightened bad-faith standard for school-context ADA/504 claims), BCID v. Bloomberg (failure-to-plan), DOJ ADA child-care guidance, and OCR Case 02-22-1076. Requests 15 forms of relief including pausing the transition until a written access plan is provided, individualized transition planning for students with IEPs/504s/autism, written removal-and-exclusion protections, and an aggregate disability-impact review. Full text held on file; personal contact details withheld from public posting.
Why it matters: Primary document — completes the timeline (May 28 original ask → June 11 DYCD procedural denial → amended structured grievance) and is the template the dycdparentaction.com legal intake produces for other families.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22
Parent Statements
- Jamie Parganos — June 10, 2026 Council public-testimony videoWagner (J.H.S. 167) parent and youth-development professional · 2026-06-10
Video of Jamie Parganos's public testimony to the NYC Council on June 10, 2026 about the COMPASS/SONYC rebid and its impact on Wagner families. Hosted on-site at /june-10-testimony.
Why it matters: Primary document — a parent and future youth-development worker on the record at the Council's designated public-testimony day.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Current decision-maker
- Council / DYCD
- Save Afterschool NYC parent petitionChange.org
6,400+ verified signatures from NYC families and educators.
Why it matters: Documents parent demand at scale and the public record of opposition.
Parent reportedLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- Change.org
- Parent intake form (submit your own statement)Save Afterschool NYC
Add your school, grade, IEP/504 status, and what you're losing.
Why it matters: Builds the verified parent record the campaign cites publicly.
Parent reportedLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- Save Afterschool NYC
Worker Statements
- Worker intake form (anonymous-ok)Save Afterschool NYC
Frontline afterschool staff: hours, role, what's changing on Sept 1.
Why it matters: Workforce evidence is otherwise invisible in the public record.
Parent reportedLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- Save Afterschool NYC
School Letters
- Principal / PTA letter submissionSave Afterschool NYC
Email scanned principal or PTA letters to dycdparentaction@gmail.com — folder accepts uploads.
Why it matters: School-level documentation of program preference and disruption.
Parent reportedLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- Save Afterschool NYC
Provider Responses
- Manhattan Youth statement on contract lossManhattan Youth
Public posture from the 40-year incumbent stripped of 12 middle-school contracts.
Why it matters: Incumbent perspective on transition and continuity risk.
Official statementLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- Manhattan Youth
- Coalition for Hispanic Family Services statementCHFS
12-year Louis Armstrong MS arts program ending; director comments quoted in press.
Why it matters: Smaller-org incumbent perspective from Queens.
Official statementLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- CHFS
Legal Precedents
- Alexander v. Choate, 469 U.S. 287 (1985)U.S. Supreme Court
Meaningful-access standard under Section 504.
Why it matters: Foundation for ADA / Section 504 disability-access arguments.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581 (1999)U.S. Supreme Court
Community-integration mandate under ADA Title II.
Why it matters: Anchors the integration argument for IEP/504 students.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- U.S. Supreme Court
- A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools (2025)U.S. Supreme Court
Recent unanimous decision on disability-access claims in educational settings.
Why it matters: Modern precedent strengthening reasonable-modification claims.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Brooklyn Center for Independence of the Disabled v. BloombergS.D.N.Y.
NYC's failure to plan for disabled residents before implementation.
Why it matters: Direct NYC precedent on failure-to-plan theory.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- S.D.N.Y.
- DOJ ADA Title II guidance for state and local government servicesU.S. Department of Justice
Federal operational guidance on ADA Title II obligations.
Why it matters: Translates the law into operational standards a city agency must meet.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22 - NY CPLR Article 78 — challenging agency determinationsNY State Legislature
State procedure for challenging arbitrary and capricious agency action.
Why it matters: Statutory basis for any Article 78 petition on the rebid.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- NY State Legislature
FOIL Requests
- Public records request — school-by-school crosswalkSave Afterschool NYC
Template request for the DYCD award/scoring crosswalk, principal-input records, and reasons for overrides.
Why it matters: Standing FOIL ask that turns silence into a public record.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- Save Afterschool NYC
Photos / Rally Materials
- City Hall press event — June 2026Save Afterschool NYC
On-site photos from the Speaker-hosted press event.
Why it matters: Visual record of the public mobilization.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- Save Afterschool NYC
- Wagner / Lower Manhattan rally — June 2026Save Afterschool NYC
Rally photos and press strip.
Why it matters: Confirms in-person turnout beyond petition signatures.
Primary documentLast verified 2026-06-22- Source
- Save Afterschool NYC
Reminder: have a document that belongs in the library? Email it to dycdparentaction@gmail.com with the folder name in the subject.