Cultural Institutions Group
Lobbying client
The Cultural Institutions Group is a coalition of 39 nonprofit museums, performing arts centers, historical societies, zoos, and botanical gardens that operate on city-owned property across all five boroughs under a public-private partnership dating to 1869. Members include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Bronx Zoo, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; the city maintains their facilities while their private boards manage collections and programming, with funding channeled through the Department of Cultural Affairs. With 27 filings since 2024, the group lobbied 13 council members through CMW Strategies and DalyGonzalez on restoring and increasing its DCLA budget allocations from FY25 through FY27.
- Council members lobbied
- 13
- Filings (since 2024)
- 27
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $465,000
Lobbied these council members
- Kevin C. Riley Council Member, District 12 (Bronx)
- Oswald J. Feliz Council Member, District 15 (Bronx)
- Althea V. Stevens Council Member, District 16 (Bronx)
- Shekar Krishnan Council Member, District 25 (Queens)
- Nantasha M. Williams Council Member, District 27 (Queens)
- Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Council Member, District 31 (Queens)
- Crystal Hudson Council Member, District 35 (Brooklyn)
- David M. Carr Council Member, District 50 (Staten Island/Brooklyn)
- Gale A. Brewer Council Member, District 6 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- CMW Strategies LLC Lobbyist firm
- DalyGonzalez LLC Lobbyist firm
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Adrienne Adams
- Carlina Rivera
- Justin Brannan
- Keith Powers
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Funding
- Budget - Secure Program Funding
- Budget - funding for programs
- Budget - securing funding