Friends of Hudson River Park
Lobbying client
Friends of Hudson River Park, Lobbying client. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Council members lobbied
- 3
- Filings (since 2024)
- 10
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $76,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Standardized Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $898,871 awarded since 2010
- Paid to date
- $867,508
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $898,871 · 20 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $1,099,871 · 52 awards
- Funding history
- Funded every year since FY2009 (19 years running)
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $262,535 · Connie Fishman, Executive Director
Lobbied these council members
- Christopher Marte Council Member, District 1 (Manhattan)
- Gale A. Brewer Council Member, District 6 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, LLC Lobbyist firm
- Yoswein New York, Inc. Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Parks and Recreation City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Parks and Recreation City agency
- Department of Youth and Community Development City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Erik Bottcher
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Environmental education funding
- Determination of Board or Commission - determination
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).
- Funds will be used to support Friends Volunteer Program Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020258804457 · ended 2026 $187,500
- Funds support environmental education Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620191416906 · ended 2019 $105,000
- TO FUND PUBLIC PROGRAMS IN HUDSON RIVER PARK Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620111427557 · ended 2011 $83,000
- TO FUND PUBLIC PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES IN HUDSON RIVER PARK Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620121426227 · ended 2012 $78,000
- Funds will support hire of consultant for FOHRP Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620141413819 · ended 2014 $75,000
- TO FUND COMMUNTY EVENTS IN HUDSON RIVER PARK. Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620140003182 · ended 2013 $75,000
- To support educational programming and activities. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020248804598 · ended 2023 $50,000
- To support educational programming / activities for school Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020238801238 · ended 2022 $35,000
- To support greener NYC programs. Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020201409851 · ended 2020 $30,000
- To support environmentally programs Department of Youth and Community Development · CT126020191408842 · ended 2019 $30,000
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.
- Funds support environmental education Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2020 $105,000
- To support educational programming / activities for school Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2023 · 2 payments $66,394
- Funds will be used to support Friends Volunteer Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2025 $53,442
- To support educational programming and activities. Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2024 $50,000
- Funds will be used to support Friends Volunteer Program Department of Youth and Community Development · FY2026 $27,250
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Local DPR · FY2019 $100,000
- Local DPR · FY2009 $85,000
- Local DPR · FY2010 $80,000
- Local DPR · FY2011 $80,000
- Local DPR · FY2012 $75,000
- Local DPR · FY2013 $75,000
- Local DPR · FY2014 $75,000
- A Greener NYC CM Bottcher · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2026 $35,000
- A Greener NYC CM Wilson · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2027 $33,000
- A Greener NYC A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2018 $30,000
- A Greener NYC A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2019 $30,000
- A Greener NYC CM Johnson · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2020 $30,000
- A Greener NYC CM Bottcher · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2022 $30,000
- A Greener NYC CM Bottcher · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2023 $30,000
- A Greener NYC CM Bottcher · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2024 $30,000
- A Greener NYC CM Bottcher · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2025 $30,000
- A Greener NYC A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2017 $19,627
- A Greener NYC A Greener NYC · DPR · FY2016 $15,133
- Hudson River Park Project CM Marte · A Greener NYC · DYCD · FY2023 $15,000
- Boro Boro · DPR · FY2018 $10,556
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.
- Erik Bottcher FY2022-2026 · 9 awards $175,000
- Christopher Marte FY2023-2027 · 6 awards $55,000
- Johnson FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $50,000
- Gale A. Brewer FY2024-2027 · 4 awards $40,000
- Carl Wilson FY2027 · 1 award $33,000
- Levine FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $7,000
Officer & key-staff pay
Reportable compensation from this organization's IRS Form 990 (Part VII), latest available filing (FY2024). Includes pay from related organizations where reported; an annual figure, not a running total. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.
- Connie Fishman Executive Director $262,535
- Toby Pearce Chief Development Officer $241,327
- Cheryl Herman Sr. Director Integrated Media $205,332
- Jean Kogut Director of Finance and Operations $184,808
- Amy Molinero Director, Corporate and Community Engagement $171,224
- Phoebe Doran Director of Events and Creative Services $142,544
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +52% from FY2020 to FY2024. Top-officer reportable compensation by year (org-paid only), with each year's share of total revenue. Source: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer 990 filings.
- FY2020 Connie Fishman · 26.13% of revenue $236,286
- FY2021 Connie Fishman · 28.27% of revenue $271,687
- FY2022 Connie Fishman · 22.49% of revenue $315,061
- FY2023 Connie Fishman · 28.71% of revenue $265,143
- FY2024 Connie Fishman · 28.04% of revenue $262,535
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
- Christopher Marte It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction