RAI Services Company
Lobbying client
The U.S. government-affairs and services arm of Reynolds American, the British American Tobacco subsidiary behind R.J. Reynolds (Camel, Newport) and the Velo nicotine pouch. It is the single most active client in our lobbying records, with 99 filings since 2024 registered citywide across all 51 council districts. Reynolds and its tobacco-industry peers have lobbied heavily in New York to fight flavored-tobacco and nicotine-pouch bans.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 99
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $1,424,221
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Bolton-St. Johns, LLC Lobbyist firm
- Carl Andrews & Associates, Inc. Lobbyist firm
- JEM Associates NY, LLC Lobbyist firm
- M3L Global Strategies Group LLC Lobbyist firm
- McKinley Strategies, LLC Lobbyist firm
- Multicultural HealthCare Marketing Group LLC Lobbyist firm
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Issues related to e-cigarettes and menthol-flavored tobacco products Tobacco-related issues (NYC)
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Issues related to tobacco industry e-cigarette issues
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Menthol and flavor
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - issues related to tobacco industry (NYC) e-cigarette issues (NYC)
- Resolution - Miscellaneous Business
- Resolution - Miscellaneous Business Topics and Issues related to RAI
- Resolution - Miscellaneous Business Topics in NYC
- Resolution - Miscellaneous Business Topics relating to RAI in NYC
- Resolution - Miscellaneous Business related to RAI Services Company
- Resolution - Miscellaneous Issues in NYC