Council Member Rosenthal at a recent hearing (photo: William Alatriste) 

Human services nonprofits serve the city’s most vulnerable populations, providing a range of critical programs like foster care, homelessness services, after-school programs, mental health care, food pantries, and more. But, many of these organizations are faltering due to problems with the ways in which government approaches contracting.

On Monday, the New York City Council Committee on Contracts held an oversight hearing to examine serious