CityBridge, LLC
Lobbying client
CityBridge is the franchise holder behind LinkNYC, the city-authorized network replacing New York City's payphones with kiosks offering free gigabit Wi-Fi, phone calls, USB charging, and access to city services, and also overseeing Link5G, a newer generation of taller poles that add 5G connectivity. CityBridge operates as a joint venture between Intersection, an out-of-home media company, and Boldyn Networks, a wireless infrastructure provider. It filed 41 lobbying disclosures since 2024 across all 51 council districts, through Buckner Group, Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, and Fontas Advisors, on its city franchise agreement, expansion of LinkNYC and Link5G deployments, and budget funding.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 41
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $805,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Professional Services
- City contracts (active)
- $9,500,000 · 1 contract
- Awarded all-time
- $29,951,750 · 7 since 2016, incl. expired
- Paid to date
- $11,954,958
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $29,931,750 · 6 contracts
- Based in
- New York, NY
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Buckner Group LLC Lobbyist firm
- Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, LLC Lobbyist firm
- Fontas Advisors NY LLC Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Parks and Recreation City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Health and Mental Hygiene City agency
- Department of Homeless Services City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Funding
- Budget - Secure funding
- Determination of Board or Commission - determination
- Determination of Board or Commission - outdoor dining
- Procurement - City Contract extension
- Procurement - City contract extension
- Procurement - wifi services
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).
- Media Buyer for Phone Kiosk Advertising Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620278801099 $9,500,000
- Media Buyer for Phone Kiosk Advertising Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620228806955 · ended 2026 $10,000,000
- Media Buyer for Phone Kiosk Advertising COVID-19 Related Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · CT181620171424722 · ended 2021 $5,078,000
- Media buying and advertising services Department of Education · MA104020229278330 · ended 2025 $3,864,750
- Media Buying and advertising services. Department of Education · MA104020229278750 · ended 2022 $1,290,000
- Purchase ADs to LinkNYC Kiosks for DHS Video Campaign Department of Social Services · CT106920258802340 · ended 2023 $199,000
- CGRTB-Advertising Services Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620258808317 · ended 2025 $20,000
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.
- Media Buyer for Phone Kiosk Advertising Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2023 · 14 payments $1,766,062
- Media Buyer for Phone Kiosk Advertising Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 · 17 payments $1,758,750
- Media Buyer for Phone Kiosk Advertising Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 · 16 payments $1,511,125
- Media Buyer for Phone Kiosk Advertising Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2024 · 11 payments $1,287,875
- Media Buyer for Phone Kiosk Advertising Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2020 · 14 payments $924,000
- Media Buyer for Phone Kiosk Advertising Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2025 · 7 payments $894,250
- Media Buyer for Phone Kiosk Advertising Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2026 · 6 payments $803,250
- Media Buyer for Phone Kiosk Advertising COVID-19 Related Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2021 · 4 payments $470,771
- Purchase ADs to LinkNYC Kiosks for DHS Video Campaign Department of Homeless Services · FY2025 $199,000
- Media Buyer for Phone Kiosk Advertising Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2027 $148,750
- Media Buyer for Phone Kiosk Advertising COVID-19 Related Department of Health and Mental Hygiene · FY2022 $50,750