Alliance for Downtown New York, Inc.
Lobbying client
Alliance for Downtown New York, Inc., Lobbying client. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Council members lobbied
- 1
- Filings (since 2024)
- 4
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $30,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Goods
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $227,850 awarded since 2009
- Paid to date
- $224,446
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $227,850 · 11 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $76,500 · 9 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 9 years (FY2009–FY2020); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $700,110 · Jessica Lappin, President
- Council connection
- Jessica Lappin, President (FY2023 filing); former Council member
Represented by lobbyist firms
- CMW Strategies LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
- Department of Small Business Services City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Adrienne Adams
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Introductions
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).
- VAN Department of Design and Construction · CT185020141402149 · ended 2018 $57,000
- Vehicle for Dept of Sanitation Department of Design and Construction · CT185020090027855 · ended 2014 $40,000
- passenger vans for Alliance for Downtown Department of Design and Construction · CT185020111432911 · ended 2016 $39,000
- passenger van Department of Design and Construction · CT185020101423418 · ended 2015 $37,350
- CC DISCRETIONARY AWARD - FY11 0110 Department of Small Business Services · CT180120111418078 · ended 2011 $15,000
- To purchase two-wheel tractor for removal of garbage/snow. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020181424886 · ended 2018 $10,000
- Continuation of recycling pickup in Lower Manhattan. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020171422307 · ended 2017 $9,000
- To support NYC Clean Up initiative. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020171404818 · ended 2016 $7,500
- Funds will be used to support NYC Cleanup Initiative Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201419194 · ended 2020 $5,000
- To support the NYC cleanup initiative. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191418811 · ended 2019 $5,000
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local Dsbs · FY2011 $15,000
- Local Dsbs · FY2009 $10,000
- Local Dsbs · FY2010 $10,000
- NYC Cleanup NYC Cleanup · DYCD · FY2018 $10,000
- NYC Cleanup NYC Cleanup · DYCD · FY2017 $9,000
- NYC Cleanup NYC Cleanup · DYCD · FY2016 $7,500
- NYC Cleanup Initiative NYC Cleanup Initiative · Dsbs · FY2015 $5,000
- NYC Cleanup NYC Cleanup · DYCD · FY2019 $5,000
- NYC Cleanup CM Chin · NYC Cleanup · DYCD · FY2020 $5,000
Funded by these council members
City Council members who steered discretionary (member-item) money to this organization, largest first (FY2020 and later, where the sponsoring member is disclosed). Sitting members link to their page.
- Chin FY2020 · 1 award $5,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2023). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Jessica Lappin President $700,110
- Andrew Breslau SVP Communications And Marketing $275,970
- Michael Ketring General Counsel $274,959
- Mark Quinn CFO And SVP Of Admin $272,922
- Ron Wolfgang SVP Operations $225,356
- Joshua Nachowitz SVP Research And Economic Dev $216,699
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +12% from FY2020 to FY2023. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Jessica Lappin · 9.26% of revenue $496,282
- FY2021 Jessica Lappin · 9.37% of revenue $500,679
- FY2022 Jessica Lappin · 9.74% of revenue $559,265
- FY2023 Jessica Lappin · 9.87% of revenue $581,110
Council connections
Became President of the Alliance for Downtown New York, the business improvement district for Lower Manhattan, in February 2014, shortly after leaving the Council. BIDs are funded by city-collected mandatory assessments. Role and pay are from the organization's own 990 filings; the identity was
- Jessica Lappin Former Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan) · President, since February 2014 $581,110 (FY2023)