The Fifth Avenue Association Business Improvement District Inc
Lobbying client
The business improvement district for Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, from 46th to 61st Street, founded in 1907 to fund supplemental sanitation, security, and streetscape services along the corridor. It is one of the organizations behind the city-backed 'Future of Fifth' plan to rebuild Fifth Avenue with narrower roadways and wider sidewalks. It filed 19 lobbying disclosures since 2024 at the agency level through Kasirer LLC and Madelyn Wils, on real estate board approvals and funding for the 46th-to-61st-Street reconstruction.
- Council members lobbied
- 1
- Filings (since 2024)
- 19
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $250,000
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $183,653 · 4 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 3 years (FY2019–FY2026); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $235,324 · Marie Boster, President (Former)
Lobbied these council members
- Virginia Maloney Council Member, District 4 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Kasirer LLC Lobbyist firm
- Madelyn Wils Lobbyist firm
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Determination of Board or Commission - Approvals and Funding for re-construction between 46-61 Streets
- Determination of Board or Commission - Real Estate Issues
- Determination of Board or Commission - Real Estate approvals
- Determination of Board or Commission - Real estate approvals
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- BID Containerization BID Containerization · DSNY · FY2026 $143,653
- Neighborhood Development Grant Initiative Neighborhood Development Grant Initiative · SBS · FY2019 $18,000
- Neighborhood Development Grant Initiative CM Powers · Neighborhood Development Grant Initiative · SBS · FY2020 $18,000
- Neighborhood Development Grant Initiative CM Powers · Neighborhood Development Grant Initiative · SBS · FY2020 $4,000
Funded by these council members
City Council members who steered discretionary (member-item) money to this organization, largest first (FY2020 and later, where the sponsoring member is disclosed). Sitting members link to their page.
- Keith Powers FY2020 · 2 awards $22,000
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.
- Marie Boster President (Former) $235,324
- Celine Armstrong Chief Development Officer (Former) $180,519
- Anilu Delgado Director. Of Finance And H.R. $138,751
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed -31% 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 Jerome Barth · 12.31% of revenue $294,708
- FY2021 Jerome Barth · 12.71% of revenue $297,602
- FY2022 Celine Armstrong · 11.56% of revenue $309,879
- FY2023 Marie Boster · 6.3% of revenue $235,324