New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced yesterday the appointment of Michael Sedillo as the executive director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Nonprofit Services.
“Michael Sedillo has a proven track record of cutting through bureaucracy and driving results that directly benefit New Yorkers, especially those most in need. His leadership in reforming city contracting processes and unlocking critical resources for nonprofits has already made a significant impact,” Deputy Mayor Almanzar said.
According to a statement from the Mayor’s office, the new executive director will oversee the office’s efforts across city government to develop and promote a culture of customer service, introduce data-driven performance management measures, and reform practices, policies, and procedures to support nonprofits to contract with and deliver essential services to the city more easily.
Mayor Adams also announced progress on several new efforts to help pay nonprofit providers faster. The Mayor’s Office of Contract Services (MOCS) launched a Payment Backlog Initiative in October 2024, focusing on clearing outstanding payments from Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 to FY25.
In three months, over $1 billion was disbursed, and over 3,700 invoices were processed. Since announcing reforms to simplify bureaucratic barriers and allowing nonprofits to invoice faster in summer 2024, the average time to process discretionary contracts making use of this reform dropped from 366 days in FY24 to just 46 days in FY25 — a nearly 90 percent reduction, slashing nearly 11 months of delays.
Finally, the Adams administration has launched the Nonprofit FOCUS (Facilitating On-Time Contracting & Urgent Solutions) Working Group, led by Deputy Mayor for Strategic Initiatives Ana Almanzar. Nonprofit FOCUS brings together senior City Hall officials on a weekly basis to examine contract performance data and make key programmatic, policy, or budgetary decisions that support expeditious nonprofit payments.
