New York Public Radio
Lobbying client
New York Public Radio is headquartered at 160 Varick Street in Hudson Square and operates WNYC, WQXR and the news site Gothamist. Its 6 city lobbying disclosures filed since 2025 have all targeted one council member, Erik Bottcher, who represented that Manhattan district until his resignation in February 2026 to join the state Senate. It paid Kasirer LLC $82,500 to work on New York City capital funding for the organization and general relationship-building with a city board or commission, and it has been awarded about $11 million in city contracts since 2009, none currently active.
- Council members lobbied
- 1
- Filings (since 2024)
- 7
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $97,500
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Standardized Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $11,019,810 awarded since 2009
- Paid to date
- $11,019,810
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $11,019,810 · 9 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $40,000 · 1 awards
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $612,216 · Lafontaine Oliver, President & CEO/TRUSTEE
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Kasirer LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
- Department of Design and Construction City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Cultural Affairs City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Erik Bottcher
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - New York City capital funding
- Determination of Board or Commission - 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. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- WNYC RADIO NEW FACILITY Department of Design and Construction · CT185020090035547 · ended 2010 $10,100,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620201420230 · ended 2020 $151,260
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620191415756 · ended 2019 $127,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620181413907 · ended 2018 $114,000
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620141410959 · ended 2014 $113,530
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620171417661 · ended 2017 $106,720
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620211424020 · ended 2021 $106,500
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620151415052 · ended 2015 $100,800
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · CT112620161413505 · ended 2016 $100,000
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.
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2020 · 2 payments $146,410
- SUPPORT GRANTEES MISSION AND CULTURAL EVENTS Department of Cultural Affairs · FY2021 · 2 payments $115,450
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local CM Speaker · DYCD · FY2027 $40,000
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.
- Lafontaine Oliver President & CEO/TRUSTEE $612,216
- Andrew Golis SVP & Cco Wnyc (Thru 9/15/2023) $471,082
- Brian Lehrer Host/Editorial Lead $444,049
- Ayesha Ahmad SVP & Chief Marketing Office $404,849
- Brooke Gladstone Host/Editorial Lead $399,921
- Armando Gutierrez SVP & Chief Financial Officer $391,724
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed -16% 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 Golnar Sheikholeslami · 5.99% of revenue $775,179
- FY2021 Golnar Sheikholeslami · 6.57% of revenue $773,169
- FY2022 Rebecca Haase · 7.82% of revenue $678,707
- FY2023 Lafontaine Oliver · 5.97% of revenue $612,216
Federal awards
Federal awards made directly to this organization in fiscal years 2023 through 2026. Each amount is what the federal government has OBLIGATED on that award as recorded on USAspending.gov as of 2026-08-31 — money committed, not money paid out. These are prime awards only: federal money this
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $50,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $35,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $30,000
- National Endowment for the Arts 45.024 Promotion of the Arts Grants to Organizations and Individuals · National Endowment for the Arts · Grant $0