New York Restoration Project (NYRP)
Lobbying client
New York Restoration Project is a parks conservancy that actress Bette Midler founded in 1995 to reclaim and restore parks, community gardens and open spaces across New York City's five boroughs. Between 2024 and 2026 it filed 16 NYC lobbying registrations, paying Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies and James F. Capalino & Associates a combined $174,000 to lobby 13 city officials on parks-equity funding and on park-restoration matters before city boards and commissions.
- Council members lobbied
- 13
- Filings (since 2024)
- 16
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $174,000
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $116,000 · 7 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 5 years (FY2009–FY2013); not in FY2027
- Top officer pay (FY2023)
- $374,833 · Lynn B Kelly, Executive Director / Secretary
Lobbied these council members
- Eric Dinowitz Council Member, District 11 (Bronx)
- Pierina Ana Sanchez Council Member, District 14 (Bronx)
- Tiffany L. Cabán Council Member, District 22 (Queens)
- Shekar Krishnan Council Member, District 25 (Queens)
- Nantasha M. Williams Council Member, District 27 (Queens)
- Lincoln Restler Council Member, District 33 (Brooklyn)
- Chi A. Ossé Council Member, District 36 (Brooklyn)
- Sandy Nurse Council Member, District 37 (Brooklyn)
- Chris Banks Council Member, District 42 (Brooklyn)
- Shaun Abreu Council Member, District 7 (Manhattan)
- Yusef Salaam Council Member, District 9 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, LLC Lobbyist firm
- James F. Capalino & Associates, Inc. Lobbyist firm
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Adrienne Adams
- Rafael Salamanca Jr.
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Government and community relations : Strengthen Narrative Related to Parks Equity
- Determination of Board or Commission - determination
- Determination of Board or Commission - restoration of parks
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- Environmental Education Program DYCD · FY2009 $35,000
- Environmental Education Program DYCD · FY2010 $25,000
- Environmental Education Program DYCD · FY2011 $25,000
- Local DYCD · FY2012 $20,000
- Local DYCD · FY2013 $5,000
- Local DYCD · FY2012 $3,000
- Local DYCD · FY2013 $3,000
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.
- Lynn B Kelly Executive Director / Secretary $374,833
- Catherine Hall-Betterton Chief Operating Officer $245,090
- Erica A Helms Chief Advancement Officer $232,286
- Gary R Dearborn Chief Of Capital $217,088
- Jeffrey Manzer Chief Financial Officer (Thru Sep 2024) $198,411
- Simon Skinner Chief Of Programs And Ops $110,779
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +2% 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 Lynn B Kelly · 23.89% of revenue $287,861
- FY2021 Lynn B Kelly · 20.67% of revenue $345,625
- FY2022 Lynn B Kelly · 17.8% of revenue $359,535
- FY2023 Lynn B Kelly · 23.36% of revenue $374,833
- FY2024 (3 mo) Lynn B Kelly $384,706