Hotel Association of New York City, Inc.
Lobbying client
Founded in 1878, the Hotel Association of New York City (HANYC) is one of the nation's oldest hotel industry trade groups and represents the owners of nearly 300 hotels across the five boroughs. With 45 filings since 2024 and $405,000 in reported compensation, the association lobbied 15 council members through Kasirer and CMW Strategies on Int. 991 (a hotel licensing bill), DCWP's proposed junk fee rules, and occupancy tax relief.
- Council members lobbied
- 15
- Filings (since 2024)
- 45
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $405,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Human Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $617,039,217 awarded since 2020
- Paid to date
- $546,486,999
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $617,039,217 · 1 contract
- Based in
- New York, NY
Lobbied these council members
- Eric Dinowitz Council Member, District 11 (Bronx)
- Kevin C. Riley Council Member, District 12 (Bronx)
- Pierina Ana Sanchez Council Member, District 14 (Bronx)
- Althea V. Stevens Council Member, District 16 (Bronx)
- Amanda C. Farías Council Member, District 18 (Bronx)
- Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Council Member, District 31 (Queens)
- Crystal Hudson Council Member, District 35 (Brooklyn)
- Farah N. Louis Council Member, District 45 (Brooklyn)
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
- Shaun Abreu Council Member, District 7 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- CMW Strategies LLC Lobbyist firm
- Kasirer LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Adrienne Adams
- Carlina Rivera
- Erik Bottcher
- Justin Brannan
- Keith Powers
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Determination of Board or Commission - Advocacy; Relationship Building
- Determination of Board or Commission - Relationship Building
- Determination of Board or Commission - Relationship building
- Determination regarding real property - NYC Hotel Real Estate Taxes
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Introduction
- 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).
- Extend Emergency Hotels for Individuals wCOVID 19-HOTEL ASSN Department of Homeless Services · CT107120201424350 · ended 2021 $617,039,217
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.
- Emergency Hotels for Individuals wCOVID 19-HOTEL ASSN NY INC Department of Homeless Services · FY2021 · 41 payments $44,886,144
- Extend Emergency Hotels for Individuals wCOVID 19-HOTEL ASSN Department of Homeless Services · FY2022 · 22 payments $16,697,303
- Emergency Hotels for Individuals wCOVID 19-HOTEL ASSN NY INC Department of Homeless Services · FY2020 · 3 payments $2,260,140
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 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Crystal Hudson It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
- Kevin C. Riley It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction