As part of his ongoing effort to bring transparency and accountability to New York City government, New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. is proud to introduce a new online application that will provide access to information on City contracts to millions of New Yorkers. The application, ClearView, allows anyone with an Internet connection to view specific contract details for both registered contracts and contracts pending registration.

ClearView provides the public with access to details regarding approximately 90,000 contracts that City agencies have with businesses, nonprofits, and other government entities. Vendors and members of the public can now find key information about active contracts or peruse from top to bottom the City’s contracts sorted by contract amount. Contract information can also be searched for using a variety of different criteria, including:

• A City agency’s or vendor’s name;
• The nature of the services being provided;
• The contract’s amount;
• The contract’s number;
• The vendor’s Tax ID number; or
• The date the Comptroller’s Office received the contract.

Contract information is updated nightly and includes active contracts registered with the Comptroller’s Office over the last five years. Search results can easily be sorted or downloaded to an electronic file that can be imported into a spreadsheet application.

Comptroller Thompson created the ClearView application because he believes New Yorkers deserve to know how and where their tax dollars are being spent. The ClearView initiative follows up on another government transparency project Thompson introduced last year—the Payee Information Portal—that allows vendors to track online the real-time status of their payments from the City.

To use the ClearView application, please click here.