International Code Council, Inc
Lobbying client
The International Code Council is a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. that develops the model building, fire and other construction codes used by jurisdictions across the country, according to the organization's own description of its work. In New York City, it has filed 15 lobbying registrations since 2024, paying CMW Strategies LLC $75,000 to lobby three City Council members (Adrienne Adams, Pierina Ana Sanchez and Shaun Abreu) on code and fire-code determinations before city boards and commissions. The organization has held city contracts since 2008 totaling $12.5 million, with $1.95 million active as of August 2026.
- Council members lobbied
- 3
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $75,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Professional Services
- City contracts (active)
- $1,951,467 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $12,539,704 · 16 since 2008, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $8,776,428
- Won without a fresh bid
- 99% of contract value · $12,469,714 · 13 contracts
- Based in
- Whittier, CA (out of state)
Lobbied these council members
- Pierina Ana Sanchez Council Member, District 14 (Bronx)
- Shaun Abreu Council Member, District 7 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- CMW Strategies LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Buildings City agency
- Department of Citywide Administrative Services City agency
- Fire Department City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Buildings City agency
- Department of Citywide Administrative Services City agency
- Fire Department City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Adrienne Adams
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Determination of Board or Commission - Code issues
- Determination of Board or Commission - Fire Codes
- Determination of Board or Commission - Fire codes
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).
- BUILDING CODE LICENSE & PUBLICATION Department of Buildings · CT181020258806493 $1,951,467
- BUILDING CODE LICENSE & PUBLICATION AGREEMENT Department of Buildings · CT181020151410849 · ended 2024 $8,809,949
- BUILDING CODE LICENSE & PUBLICATION AGREEMENT Department of Buildings · CT181020090009755 · ended 2011 $1,275,000
- 2014 NYC CONSTRUCTION / FIRE CODE PUBLICATIONS - BOOKS Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620155401129 · ended 2015 $100,000
- NYC FDNY Code Training Work Books - New amendment and updati Fire Department · CT105720238807290 · ended 2023 $99,798
- NYC BUILDING CODE TRAINING Department of Buildings · CT181020141413010 · ended 2015 $49,500
- NYC FDNY Code Training Work Books Fire Department · CT105720151418784 · ended 2015 $40,630
- NYC FDNY Code Training Work Books Fire Department · CT105720248803602 · ended 2024 $25,578
- TRAINING Department of Buildings · CT181020121426552 · ended 2012 $25,000
- Blanket order for miscellaneous books and publications Department of Citywide Administrative Services · CT185620155000045 · ended 2015 $25,000
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.
- BUILDING CODE LICENSE & PUBLICATION AGREEMENT Department of Buildings · FY2020 · 5 payments $2,063,161
- BUILDING CODE LICENSE & PUBLICATION AGREEMENT Department of Buildings · FY2023 · 11 payments $1,108,377
- BUILDING CODE LICENSE & PUBLICATION AGREEMENT Department of Buildings · FY2021 · 2 payments $626,090
- BUILDING CODE LICENSE & PUBLICATION AGREEMENT Department of Buildings · FY2024 · 4 payments $481,048
- BUILDING CODE LICENSE & PUBLICATION Department of Buildings · FY2027 $345,709
- BUILDING CODE LICENSE & PUBLICATION AGREEMENT Department of Buildings · FY2025 · 2 payments $335,695
- BUILDING CODE LICENSE & PUBLICATION Department of Buildings · FY2026 · 6 payments $334,496
- NYC FDNY Code Training Work Books - New amendment and updati Fire Department · FY2024 $99,798
- BUILDING CODE LICENSE & PUBLICATION AGREEMENT Department of Citywide Administrative Services · FY2021 $37,250
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
- Pierina Ana Sanchez It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 2 agencies in their committees' jurisdiction
- Shaun Abreu It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction