New York City Hospitality Alliance, Inc.

Lobbying client

The New York City Hospitality Alliance is a not-for-profit trade association formed in 2012 from the merger of the New York Nightlife Association and the New York City chapter of the state Restaurant Association, representing restaurants, bars, and nightlife businesses across the five boroughs under executive director Andrew Rigie. In January 2025 Rigie testified before the Council's Small Business Committee to push changes to the Dining Out NYC outdoor dining program along with commercial rent tax repeal and other small-business relief. It has filed 24 disclosures since 2024, registered citywide, paying a combined $230,496 to two lobbying firms, Pesetsky and Bookman and Yoswein New York, to lobby all 51 council members on hospitality and restaurant industry legislation.

Council members lobbied
51 (citywide)
Filings (since 2024)
24
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$254,496

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