Asphalt Green, Inc.
Lobbying client
Asphalt Green is a nonprofit community sports and fitness organization founded in the early 1970s on Manhattan's Upper East Side, where its flagship center occupies the former Municipal Asphalt Plant, a decommissioned city plant and landmark it operates under a license from the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation. It has filed 19 lobbying disclosures since 2024, worth $166,423 in compensation through Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies and Greenberg Traurig, reaching council member Julie Menin on city capital funding advocacy and the extension of its Parks license agreement. It holds $5.8 million in active city contracts as of August 2026, part of $21.7 million since 2007.
- Council members lobbied
- 1
- Filings (since 2024)
- 19
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $166,423
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Construction Services
- City contracts (active)
- $5,750,000 · 2 contracts
- Awarded all-time
- $21,668,182 · 61 since 2007, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $13,303,526
- Won without a fresh bid
- 86% of contract value · $18,715,290 · 29 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $5,309,974 · 102 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $349,360 · Jordan Brackett, Chief Executive Officer
- Based in
- New York, NY
Lobbied these council members
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, LLC Lobbyist firm
- Greenberg Traurig, LLP Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Parks and Recreation City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Parks and Recreation City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - NYC Budget
- Budget - capital funding advocacy
- Procurement - Extension of license agreement
- Procurement - Extension of license agreement.
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).
- Renewal of Agreement with Asphalt Green Inc. to undertake ce Department of Parks and Recreation · MMA184620278801499 $5,000,000
- Student Support Services Department of Education · MA104020249478970 $750,000
- Agreement with Asphalt Green Inc. to undertake certain capit Department of Parks and Recreation · MMA184620238808109 · ended 2026 $5,000,000
- CONTRACT AMENDMENT Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620090030927 · ended 2011 $2,100,000
- Student Support Services Department of Education · MA104020199978647 · ended 2023 $1,250,000
- RECONST OF THE MECH. SYSTEM & INFRAS. FOR ASPHALT GREEN Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620121423537 · ended 2013 $1,000,000
- To Support Community Events and Programming Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620258801804 · ended 2026 $731,250
- Pool Filter Upgrade Department of Parks and Recreation · CTA184620247204547 · ended 2025 $709,402
- FACADE RESTORATION AT ASPHALT GREEN MURPHY CENTER Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620181416201 · ended 2014 $681,111
- M286-114M CONST. SVCES DEMOL. OF BOILERS @ AG AQUACENTER Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620141424691 · ended 2015 $518,633
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.
- Pool Filter Upgrade Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2024 $709,402
- FACADE RESTORATION AT ASPHALT GREEN MURPHY CENTER Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2020 $443,198
- Funds support after school programs Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2021 $222,500
- To Support Community Events and Programming Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2025 $209,000
- Recess Enhancement and swimming programs Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2020 $206,000
- To Support Community Events and Programming Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2026 $175,000
- Support Asphalt Green's REP Waterproofing Program and CSL. Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2024 $100,000
- Funding supports Asphalt Green's Recess Enhancement Program Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2024 $95,000
- To support Asphalt Green's Recess Enhancement Program (REP) Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2023 $82,500
- To provide funding for Asphalt's Recess Enhancement program Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2022 $38,134
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Wave Makers CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DPR · FY2027 $1,500,000
- Waterproofing (Swim) Program DPR · FY2009 $210,000
- Waterproofing (Swim) Program DPR · FY2011 $200,000
- Local DPR · FY2012 $200,000
- Local DPR · FY2013 $200,000
- Local DPR · FY2014 $200,000
- Waterproofing (Swim) Program DPR · FY2010 $195,000
- Local DPR · FY2015 $175,000
- Local DPR · FY2016 $175,000
- Local DPR · FY2017 $175,000
- Local DPR · FY2018 $175,000
- Local DPR · FY2019 $175,000
- Local CM Speaker · DPR · FY2020 $175,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DPR · FY2024 $175,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DPR · FY2025 $175,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DPR · FY2026 $175,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DPR · FY2027 $175,000
- Speaker's Initiative CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DPR · FY2023 $100,000
- Local CM Speaker · DPR · FY2023 $75,000
- Local CM Speaker · DPR · FY2022 $50,000
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.
- Julie Menin FY2022-2027 · 6 awards $57,500
- Keith Powers FY2020-2026 · 6 awards $30,000
- Althea V. Stevens FY2022-2026 · 5 awards $30,000
- Levine FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $20,000
- Cabrera FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $20,000
- Vanessa Gibson FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $20,000
- Christopher Marte FY2024-2027 · 4 awards $20,000
- Kallos FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $15,000
- Ayala FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $10,000
- Shaun Abreu FY2022 · 1 award $10,000
- Sandy Nurse FY2023-2024 · 2 awards $10,000
- Virginia Maloney FY2027 · 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.
- Jordan Brackett Chief Executive Officer $349,360
- Pedro Raicovich Chief Administrative Officer $249,203
- Renee Davis Chief Development Officer $241,913
- David Rodriguez SR. Director Of Aquatics $232,201
- Dean L Somer Chief Financial Officer $203,765
- Marcus Farny Chief Operating Officer $153,792
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +19% 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 Margaret Siegel · 11.78% of revenue $353,922
- FY2021 Margaret Siegel · 7.23% of revenue $376,962
- FY2022 Marcus Farny · 5.96% of revenue $249,952
- FY2023 Jordan Brackett · 6.39% of revenue $349,360
Where their influence converges
Outside interests connected to this official through more than one independent channel — drawn straight from the records the rest of the site already shows. “Lobbied them” = a lobbying filing that named the member. “Outside spending” = an independent-expenditure committee the interest funds spent in
- Julie Menin It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction