American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc
Lobbying client
The advocacy affiliate of the American Cancer Society, a separate nonprofit set up in 2001 to lobby on cancer policy, screening access, tobacco control, and research funding, work the parent charity is legally limited in doing as a 501(c)(3). In New York City it has filed 27 disclosures since 2024, lobbying 25 council members through Kasirer LLC on cancer-screening funding and the Health Department budget.
- Council members lobbied
- 25
- Filings (since 2024)
- 27
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $265,623
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $4,710,000 awarded since 2012
- Paid to date
- $4,376,034
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $4,710,000 · 7 contracts
- Based in
- New York, NY
Part of
- American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Nonprofit / institution family
Lobbied these council members
- Carmen N. De La Rosa Council Member, District 10 (Manhattan)
- Kevin C. Riley Council Member, District 12 (Bronx)
- Oswald J. Feliz Council Member, District 15 (Bronx)
- Althea V. Stevens Council Member, District 16 (Bronx)
- Amanda C. Farías Council Member, District 18 (Bronx)
- James F. Gennaro Council Member, District 24 (Queens)
- Shekar Krishnan Council Member, District 25 (Queens)
- Nantasha M. Williams Council Member, District 27 (Queens)
- Lynn C. Schulman Council Member, District 29 (Queens)
- Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Council Member, District 31 (Queens)
- Lincoln Restler Council Member, District 33 (Brooklyn)
- Crystal Hudson Council Member, District 35 (Brooklyn)
- Sandy Nurse Council Member, District 37 (Brooklyn)
- Rita C. Joseph Council Member, District 40 (Brooklyn)
- Chris Banks Council Member, District 42 (Brooklyn)
- Farah N. Louis Council Member, District 45 (Brooklyn)
- Mercedes Narcisse Council Member, District 46 (Brooklyn)
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
- Gale A. Brewer Council Member, District 6 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Kasirer LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department for the Aging City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Adrienne Adams
- Carlina Rivera
- Diana Ayala
- Justin Brannan
- Keith Powers
- Rafael Salamanca Jr.
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Budget Issues Related to Cancer Issues
- Budget - Cancer screening funding
- Budget - Health Dept. budget
- Determination of Board or Commission - Advocacy; Relationship Building
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - health legislation; relationship building
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. Affiliated charity; ACS CAN is its advocacy arm. The tag on each row is
- CANCER INITIATIVE Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620151417566 · ended 2015 $1,562,500
- Colonoscopy screening and patient navigation Project Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620151408836 · ended 2014 $1,562,500
- Colonoscopy Screening and Patient Navigation Project Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620141408390 · ended 2013 $1,562,500
- CANCER FREE COLONOSCOPIES Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620161415724 · ended 2015 $8,500
- To provide services to cancer patients. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020141427287 · ended 2014 $5,000
- To provide suport services to cancer patients. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020140002656 · ended 2013 $5,000
- DISC K SUPPORT SENIOR OUTREACH TO LOCAL CANCER PATIENTS Department for the Aging · CT112520131428623 · ended 2013 $4,000
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
- Althea V. Stevens It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Carmen N. De La Rosa It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Chris Banks It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Crystal Hudson It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Gale A. Brewer It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- James F. Gennaro It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Julie Menin It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Lynn C. Schulman It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Mercedes Narcisse It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Nantasha M. Williams It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Oswald J. Feliz It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Rita C. Joseph It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Sandy Nurse It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Selvena N. Brooks-Powers It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction