Almstead Tree & Shrub Care Company, LLC
Lobbying client
A family-owned tree, shrub and lawn care company founded in 1964 and based in New Rochelle, New York, serving residential and commercial clients across the tri-state area, including New York City, with arborist-led pruning, tree removal, stump grinding and plant health care. It has filed 4 lobbying disclosures since 2025, paying Constantinople & Vallone Consulting LLC $60,000 to register citywide on budget matters described as lease issues and business development. The city has awarded it $19.4 million in contracts since 2009, with $5.4 million active as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 4
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $60,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Standardized Services
- City contracts (active)
- $5,409,942 · 4 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $19,365,705 · 33 since 2009, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $11,946,697
- Won without a fresh bid
- 20% of contract value · $3,836,508 · 6 contracts
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Constantinople & Vallone Consulting LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Parks and Recreation City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Citywide Administrative Services City agency
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Parks and Recreation City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Lease issues and business development
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- Tree and Stump Removals in Bronx and Manhattan Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620248801924 $3,385,685
- Tree Pest, Disease, and Soil Management- 4 Boros Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620258802115 $942,844
- EAB in Bronx and Manhattan Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620268802233 $598,842
- Tree Pest, Disease, and Soil Management- Queens Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620258802116 $482,571
- Block Pruning in Brooklyn Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620171404368 · ended 2018 $6,028,935
- Block Pruning in Brooklyn- Renewal Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620191404780 · ended 2019 $3,085,550
- Removal of City-Owned Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Host Trees Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620211410351 · ended 2023 $940,275
- TREE SERVICES FOR DUTCH ELM DISEASE Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620121414476 · ended 2014 $524,750
- Removal of Trees Affected by Tree Pest, Disease in 4 Boros Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620238806647 · ended 2024 $353,988
- Removal of Trees Affected by Tree Pest, Disease in 4 Boro Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620211419818 · ended 2023 $352,222
Largest payments, by purpose
The organization's largest individual city payments (roughly $25,000 and up), grouped by purpose, to show what recent money was for. This is NOT a total — smaller payments aren't listed; see “Paid to date” above for the complete amount paid against its contracts. Fiscal years 2020 and later.
- Removal of City-Owned Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Host Trees Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2022 · 4 payments $819,202
- Block Pruning in Brooklyn- Renewal Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2020 · 5 payments $772,315
- Tree and Stump Removals in Bronx and Manhattan Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2025 · 7 payments $616,566
- Tree and Stump Removals in Bronx and Manhattan Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2026 · 9 payments $490,241
- Removal of City-Owned Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Host Trees Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2024 · 3 payments $323,547
- Tree and Stump Removals in Bronx and Manhattan Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2024 · 7 payments $305,010
- Tree Pest, Disease, and Soil Management- 4 Boros Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2027 · 2 payments $256,415
- EAB in Bronx and Manhattan Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2027 $136,989
- Removal of Trees Affected by Tree Pest, Disease in 4 Boros Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2024 · 3 payments $117,217
- Removal of Trees Affected by Tree Pest, Disease in 4 Boro Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2022 · 2 payments $104,460
- Tree and Stump Removals in Bronx and Manhattan Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2027 $92,394
- Tree Pest, Disease, and Soil Management- 4 Boros Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2026 · 2 payments $86,153
- Removal of Trees Affected by Tree Pest, Disease in 4 Boro Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2023 · 2 payments $72,847
- Removal of Trees Affected by Tree Pest, Disease in 4 Boros Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2025 $59,220
- Citywide Tree Removal Services Department of Citywide Administrative Services · FY2022 · 2 payments $55,853
- Tree Pest, Disease, and Soil Management- Queens Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2027 $50,484
- Tree Removal Department of Design and Construction · FY2021 $45,975
- Tree Pest, Disease, and Soil Management- 4 Boros Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2025 $43,409