Starbucks Coffee Company

Lobbying client

Starbucks is the Seattle-based multinational coffeehouse chain that operates roughly 41,000 retail locations worldwide, including stores across New York City. In Albany and New York City, Starbucks has registered as a lobbying client through Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, Statewide Public Affairs and The Roffe Group of Robinson+Cole, filing on local legislation affecting restaurants' health and safety, retail and service-industry issues, and matters described in its filings as impacting Starbucks, along with a board or commission determination and a policy resolution. Its filings list Council Members Adrienne Adams and Lynn C. Schulman as lobbied officials, with about $284,000 in reported compensation across 27 filings from 2024 through 2026.

Council members lobbied
2
Filings (since 2024)
28
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$302,000

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