Crown Castle Fiber LLC: New York City Government Payments

as recorded by New York City: CROWN CASTLE FIBER LLC

Crown Castle Fiber LLC is the 283rd-largest recipient of New York City government payments tracked by SpendLedger, and ranks 4th in TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS spending. Its payments amount to 0.1% of everything the Department of Education has paid vendors in that span. Payments to it rose 56.5% year over year.

Primary spending category: TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS

$238,593,158total received
3,695payments
7agencies
Sep 5, 2018 – Jun 30, 2025first / last payment
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Payments by fiscal year

The payment history

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7 fiscal years on record. The incoming flows below combine all recorded years.

Fiscal years may be partial; missing years are not zero spending. Negative columns reflect net refunds or corrections. Amounts share a linear scale.

Who pays this supplier?

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Sep 5, 2018 to Jun 30, 2025 · All recorded fiscal years

Showing 5 of 7 positive agencies in these records.

Flow widths compare the relationships shown. Percentages use the full recorded supplier total for this period: $238,593,158.26. Zero and net-negative relationships are excluded from positive flows.

The relationships at a glance

Total shown
$237,737,034.65
Payments represented
3,582
Paying agencies shown
5
Largest share of supplier total
81.4%

Largest displayed relationship: Department of Education. Select a flow to explore its details.

Sep 5, 2018 to Jun 30, 2025 · All recorded fiscal years. Amount and payment count cover the relationships shown; shares use the full supplier total.

Receiving supplier

Crown Castle Fiber LLC

$237,737,035from the agencies shown

Crown Castle Fiber LLC
$237,737,035 from the agencies shown

  1. $194,112,59881.4% of supplier total
  2. $17,573,7387.4% of supplier total
  3. $15,849,6536.6% of supplier total
  4. $5,183,6702.2% of supplier total
  5. $5,017,3752.1% of supplier total

This is a selection, not a full spending breakdown. Other agencies are not included in the flow. Some recorded agencies have no public profile link. Coverage may be partial. Review the agency table.

Payments by fiscal year and agency

Fiscal yearAgencyPaymentsTotal
FY 2025Department of Education26$51,146,360
FY 2025Police Department102$7,304,502
FY 2025Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications360$2,892,079
FY 2025School Construction Authority33$1,090,833
FY 2025City University of New York344$727,437
FY 2025Law Department25$18,487
FY 2024Department of Education33$25,536,256
FY 2024Police Department61$6,132,150
FY 2024Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications657$4,516,707
FY 2024School Construction Authority65$2,088,570
FY 2024City University of New York261$1,373,831
FY 2024Health and Hospitals Corporation2$700,000
FY 2024Law Department24$24,684
FY 2023Department of Education47$26,106,024
FY 2023Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications191$2,601,963
FY 2023Police Department69$2,413,001
FY 2023City University of New York296$1,580,692
FY 2023School Construction Authority23$660,230
FY 2023Law Department14$24,700
FY 2022Department of Education56$18,033,598
FY 2022Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications79$2,017,283
FY 2022School Construction Authority33$1,063,090
FY 2022City University of New York115$490,747
FY 2022Law Department12$21,753
FY 2021Department of Education41$19,686,727
FY 2021Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications234$3,504,621
FY 2021City University of New York51$322,312
FY 2021Law Department16$30,400
FY 2021School Construction Authority1$24,400
FY 2020Department of Education67$24,601,715
FY 2020Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications191$2,041,085
FY 2020City University of New York45$338,483
FY 2020School Construction Authority1$16,100
FY 2020Law Department9$15,200
FY 2019Department of Education55$29,001,919
FY 2019City University of New York41$350,168
FY 2019School Construction Authority4$74,153
FY 2019Law Department11$20,900
Total3,695$238,593,158

What the payments were for

Spending categories exactly as New York City government codes them in its own accounting; we do not reclassify.

CategoryPaymentsTotalFirst / last
OTHR SERV AND CHRGS-GENERAL50$74,723Sep 17, 2018 – Jun 21, 2022
CONSTRUCTION-BUILDINGS159$4,992,375Oct 11, 2018 – Mar 17, 2025
TELECOMMUNICATIONS MAINT172$4,669,938Dec 23, 2019 – May 23, 2025
MAINT & REP GENERAL49$43,171Jul 17, 2023 – Jun 23, 2025
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES1$25,000Feb 14, 2025 – Feb 14, 2025
PROMPT PAYMENT INTEREST14$2,387Feb 3, 2020 – Mar 7, 2024
TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS2,581$209,240,315Sep 14, 2018 – Jun 30, 2025
DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE277$15,384,303Sep 5, 2018 – May 27, 2025
PROF SERV COMPUTER SERVICES110$1,473,073Nov 28, 2022 – Jul 31, 2023
CONTRACTUAL SERVICES GENERAL268$1,411,645Sep 24, 2018 – Aug 3, 2023
CAPITAL PURCHASED EQUIPMENT14$1,276,227Nov 21, 2022 – Nov 25, 2024

Largest payments by fiscal year

The biggest individual payments in each fiscal year, up to 20 per year. Where the source publishes a purchase order behind a payment, the PO description appears; older payments may carry a bare PO reference because the government's published PO files do not reach back that far.

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FY 2025top 20 of 890 payments$63,179,698
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
Mar 17, 2025Department of Education$4,862,691.93TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jun 27, 2025Department of Education$4,862,035.50TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Mar 24, 2025Department of Education$4,858,501.35TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Mar 17, 2025Department of Education$4,836,716.93TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Dec 18, 2024Department of Education$4,218,760.00TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jan 6, 2025Department of Education$4,162,279.88TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Dec 18, 2024Department of Education$4,137,813.00TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jun 27, 2025Department of Education$3,818,792.24TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Mar 17, 2025Department of Education$3,232,634.74TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Sep 23, 2024Department of Education$2,692,052.00TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Sep 23, 2024Department of Education$2,627,083.06TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Dec 18, 2024Department of Education$2,480,415.30TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jul 26, 2024Department of Education$1,459,101.32TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jan 27, 2025Department of Education$1,447,696.82TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Oct 2, 2024Department of Education$1,045,050.68TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
May 19, 2025Department of Education$369,452.05TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
May 27, 2025Police Department$311,204.42DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE–
May 14, 2025Police Department$310,752.00DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE–
May 27, 2025Police Department$310,752.00DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE–
Jul 15, 2024Police Department$310,672.53DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE–
FY 2024top 20 of 1,103 payments$40,372,198
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
Apr 11, 2024Department of Education$2,690,070.18TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Mar 7, 2024Department of Education$2,604,256.88TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Apr 11, 2024Department of Education$2,571,739.14TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Mar 7, 2024Department of Education$2,456,187.91TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Dec 29, 2023Department of Education$2,288,156.98TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Dec 18, 2023Department of Education$2,231,743.50TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Sep 29, 2023Department of Education$2,154,078.13TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Sep 20, 2023Department of Education$2,140,979.97TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jul 17, 2023Department of Education$2,054,907.78TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jul 17, 2023Department of Education$2,050,047.62TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Oct 16, 2023Department of Education$1,564,596.71TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Feb 20, 2024Health and Hospitals Corporation$630,000.00CAPITAL PURCHASED EQUIPMENT–
Dec 18, 2023Department of Education$620,259.33TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jul 24, 2023City University of New York$403,846.15PROF SERV COMPUTER SERVICES–
Jul 24, 2023Police Department$312,475.00DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE–
Aug 7, 2023Police Department$310,348.33DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE–
Aug 15, 2023Police Department$308,925.00DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE–
Aug 15, 2023Police Department$308,925.00DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE–
Aug 15, 2023Police Department$308,925.00DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE–
Jun 10, 2024Police Department$308,555.26DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE–
FY 2023top 20 of 640 payments$33,386,610
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
Mar 23, 2023Department of Education$2,069,392.60TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jun 20, 2023Department of Education$2,066,164.96TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Apr 20, 2023Department of Education$2,057,944.31TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Mar 17, 2023Department of Education$2,056,033.22TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Sep 26, 2022Department of Education$2,030,197.40TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Sep 26, 2022Department of Education$2,025,168.52TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Nov 21, 2022Department of Education$2,015,051.91TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Dec 27, 2022Department of Education$2,012,783.08TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Dec 23, 2022Department of Education$1,932,975.34TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jul 15, 2022Department of Education$1,847,682.97TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jul 15, 2022Department of Education$1,805,301.33TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jul 15, 2022Department of Education$1,742,743.65TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Mar 17, 2023Department of Education$1,197,801.33TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Feb 8, 2023Department of Education$839,688.92TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Nov 9, 2022Police Department$312,475.00DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE–
Nov 9, 2022Police Department$312,475.00DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE–
Jun 22, 2023City University of New York$242,307.70PROF SERV COMPUTER SERVICES–
May 1, 2023City University of New York$242,307.69PROF SERV COMPUTER SERVICES–
Dec 27, 2022Department of Education$224,196.63TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Nov 21, 2022Police Department$147,500.00CAPITAL PURCHASED EQUIPMENT–
FY 2022top 20 of 295 payments$21,626,470
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
May 6, 2022Department of Education$1,849,680.24TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
May 6, 2022Department of Education$1,837,265.54TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jan 24, 2022Department of Education$1,737,189.09TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Oct 15, 2021Department of Education$1,713,576.57TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Feb 28, 2022Department of Education$1,695,198.84TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jan 20, 2022Department of Education$1,684,743.15TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Oct 15, 2021Department of Education$1,675,989.88TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Oct 15, 2021Department of Education$1,620,796.90TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jul 23, 2021Department of Education$1,568,109.45TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Feb 22, 2022Department of Education$967,182.46TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Nov 19, 2021Department of Education$704,156.65TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Feb 14, 2022Department of Education$150,426.79TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Feb 10, 2022Department of Education$120,470.88TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jun 16, 2022Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications$100,582.08TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
May 19, 2022Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications$87,547.29TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Apr 11, 2022Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications$75,757.28TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Apr 11, 2022Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications$74,972.01TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jul 9, 2021Department of Education$74,588.98TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
May 19, 2022Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications$74,547.29TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Apr 11, 2022Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications$74,278.57TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
FY 2021top 20 of 343 payments$23,568,460
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
Jun 10, 2021Department of Education$1,698,849.42TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jun 7, 2021Department of Education$1,672,389.39TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
May 24, 2021Department of Education$1,646,449.42TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Mar 19, 2021Department of Education$1,617,675.03TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jan 27, 2021Department of Education$1,509,154.98TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jan 27, 2021Department of Education$1,489,686.29TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Oct 2, 2020Department of Education$1,416,205.25TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Oct 2, 2020Department of Education$1,410,451.44TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Feb 12, 2021Department of Education$1,410,000.00TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Oct 28, 2020Department of Education$1,379,071.95TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Sep 24, 2020Department of Education$1,379,033.16TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
May 10, 2021Department of Education$1,083,191.84TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Aug 10, 2020Department of Education$938,582.00TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Apr 1, 2021Department of Education$581,167.20TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jun 1, 2021Department of Education$169,401.88TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Feb 12, 2021Department of Education$159,045.86TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Feb 22, 2021Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications$113,251.54TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
May 3, 2021Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications$96,767.23TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jan 28, 2021Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications$94,878.66TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
May 3, 2021Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications$88,292.64TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
FY 2020top 20 of 313 payments$27,012,582
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
Sep 16, 2019Department of Education$1,586,847.98TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jul 15, 2019Department of Education$1,518,908.80TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jun 25, 2020Department of Education$1,367,065.75TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Mar 12, 2020Department of Education$1,366,145.39TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jun 25, 2020Department of Education$1,363,255.94TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jan 23, 2020Department of Education$1,362,562.49TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jan 23, 2020Department of Education$1,350,178.44TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jan 21, 2020Department of Education$1,345,112.55TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Oct 4, 2019Department of Education$1,339,460.08TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Sep 27, 2019Department of Education$1,339,162.25TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jun 25, 2020Department of Education$1,292,243.88TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Sep 27, 2019Department of Education$1,255,246.78TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Aug 1, 2019Department of Education$1,224,362.36TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Oct 4, 2019Department of Education$1,221,239.25TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Oct 7, 2019Department of Education$772,569.30TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Nov 4, 2019Department of Education$703,929.00TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Aug 29, 2019Department of Education$636,794.06TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Dec 20, 2019Department of Education$636,155.28TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jun 25, 2020Department of Education$448,093.43TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jan 21, 2020Department of Education$152,292.32TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
FY 2019top 20 of 111 payments$29,447,140
DateAgencyAmountCategoryPurchase order
Mar 29, 2019Department of Education$2,360,439.44TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Mar 11, 2019Department of Education$2,241,759.68TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jun 21, 2019Department of Education$2,227,454.20TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Nov 19, 2018Department of Education$2,010,000.00TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jun 21, 2019Department of Education$1,527,676.97TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jun 21, 2019Department of Education$1,398,908.54TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Sep 24, 2018Department of Education$1,340,512.64TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jun 13, 2019Department of Education$1,156,501.67TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
May 9, 2019Department of Education$1,127,501.78TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Jun 12, 2019Department of Education$1,105,709.48TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Dec 31, 2018Department of Education$1,052,845.44TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Feb 27, 2019Department of Education$1,017,054.52TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
May 28, 2019Department of Education$986,432.74TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Sep 24, 2018Department of Education$986,254.36TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Dec 31, 2018Department of Education$932,957.71TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Dec 10, 2018Department of Education$870,313.35TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Nov 13, 2018Department of Education$869,036.11TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Mar 29, 2019Department of Education$829,569.12TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Oct 18, 2018Department of Education$749,208.56TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–
Sep 28, 2018Department of Education$711,754.77TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNS–

Recent payments

DateAgencyAmountCategoryMethod
Jun 30, 2025Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications$22.28TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 30, 2025Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications$734.72TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 27, 2025Department of Education$3,818,792.24TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 27, 2025Department of Education$4,862,035.50TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 25, 2025City University of New York$691.44TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 25, 2025City University of New York$4,000.00TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 25, 2025City University of New York$959.31TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 25, 2025City University of New York$1,066.20TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 25, 2025City University of New York$1,669.46TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 25, 2025City University of New York$98.78TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 25, 2025City University of New York$448.56TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 25, 2025City University of New York$966.49TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 25, 2025City University of New York$2,196.75TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 23, 2025Law Department$950.00MAINT & REP GENERALContracts
Jun 20, 2025City University of New York$931.56TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 20, 2025City University of New York$250.34TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 20, 2025City University of New York$594.94TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 20, 2025City University of New York$7,123.08TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 20, 2025City University of New York$539.18TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 20, 2025City University of New York$535.53TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 20, 2025City University of New York$55.47TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 20, 2025City University of New York$385.80TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 20, 2025City University of New York$3,561.54TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 20, 2025City University of New York$3,561.54TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts
Jun 16, 2025Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications$757.00TELEPHONE & OTHER COMMUNICATNSContracts

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VerifiedData refreshed Sep 24, 2026 from Checkbook NYC (checkbooknyc.com): 38,060,921 payments on record, Dec 22, 2009 to Jun 30, 2025. How we verify this data