Riverside Park Conservancy, Inc.
Lobbying client
Riverside Park Conservancy, Inc., Lobbying client. Connections, filings, and records on The Civic Stoop, every link traced to the public record.
- Council members lobbied
- 7
- Filings (since 2024)
- 30
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $75,879
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Standardized Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $554,000 awarded since 2015
- Paid to date
- $463,198
- Won without a fresh bid
- 100% of contract value · $554,000 · 6 contracts
- Discretionary funding (FY2009-FY2027)
- $842,500 · 26 awards
- Funding history
- Funded 11 years (FY2016–FY2027), including each of the last 6
- Top officer pay (FY2024)
- $303,397 · Merritt Birnbaum, President & CEO
- Based in
- New York, NY
- Council connection
- Daniel Garodnick, President & CEO (FY2021 filing); former Council member
Lobbied these council members
- Carmen N. De La Rosa Council Member, District 10 (Manhattan)
- Shekar Krishnan Council Member, District 25 (Queens)
- Gale A. Brewer Council Member, District 6 (Manhattan)
- Shaun Abreu Council Member, District 7 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- CMW Strategies LLC Lobbyist firm
- Greenberg Traurig, LLP Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Parks and Recreation City agency
Funded by these agencies
- Department of Parks and Recreation City agency
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Adrienne Adams
- Diana Ayala
- Erik Bottcher
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - Funding
- Budget - NYC Parks budget priorities and projects; Budget - Member Discretionary Funding & Parks Capital Improvement Funding
- Budget - NYC Parks budget priorities; Budget - Member discretionary items; Budget - Parks Capital Improvement Funding
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Legislation and procurement work with regard to Parks Department License Agreement
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).
- To Support Community Events and Programming Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620258801802 · ended 2026 $300,000
- General Park Programming and Maintenance in Riverside Park Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620248801559 · ended 2022 $95,000
- To fund programs at Riverside Park Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620248802132 · ended 2023 $80,000
- Funds support events and maintenance Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620211413592 · ended 2020 $45,000
- Funds will support restoration of 102nd street field house Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620171406995 · ended 2016 $24,000
- support community programing in smaller neighborhood parks Department of Parks and Recreation · CT184620191419437 · ended 2019 $10,000
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.
- To Support Community Events and Programming Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2026 · 2 payments $250,000
- General Park Programming and Maintenance in Riverside Park Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2024 $94,939
- To fund programs at Riverside Park Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2024 $79,999
- Funds support events and maintenance Department of Parks and Recreation · FY2022 $38,260
Discretionary funding received
City Council discretionary (member-item) awards, largest first. Covers FY2009-FY2027.
- PEI Parks Equity Initiative · DPR · FY2018 $78,500
- Riverside Park CM Brewer · Parks Equity Initiative · DPR · FY2022 $75,000
- Riverside Park Improvement Program CM Brewer · Parks Equity Initiative · DPR · FY2023 $55,000
- Riverside Park Equity Program CM Brewer · Parks Equity Initiative · DPR · FY2024 $50,000
- Riverside Park Improvement Program CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DPR · FY2024 $50,000
- Riverside Park Equity Program CM Brewer · Parks Equity Initiative · DPR · FY2025 $50,000
- Riverside Park Improvement Program CM Speaker · Speaker's Initiative · DPR · FY2025 $50,000
- Riverside Park Improvement Program CM Speaker · DPR · FY2026 $50,000
- Riverside Park Improvement Program CM Speaker · DPR · FY2027 $50,000
- Riverside Park CM Rosenthal · Parks Equity Initiative · DPR · FY2020 $45,000
- Riverside Park Equity Program CM Brewer · Parks Equity Initiative · DPR · FY2026 $40,000
- Riverside Park Equity Program CM Brewer · Parks Equity Initiative · DPR · FY2027 $40,000
- Riverside Park Equity Program - Council District 7 CM Abreu · Parks Equity Initiative · DPR · FY2024 $25,000
- Riverside Park Equity Program - Council District 7 CM Abreu · Parks Equity Initiative · DPR · FY2025 $25,000
- Riverside Park Equity Program - Council District 7 CM Abreu · Parks Equity Initiative · DPR · FY2026 $25,000
- Riverside Park Equity Program - Council District 7 CM Abreu · Parks Equity Initiative · DPR · FY2027 $25,000
- Riverside Park Parks Equity Initiative · DPR · FY2016 $24,000
- Riverside Park Improvment Program CM Abreu · Parks Equity Initiative · DPR · FY2022 $15,000
- Riverside Park Improvement Program - Council District 7 CM Abreu · Parks Equity Initiative · DPR · FY2023 $15,000
- Riverside Park Parks Equity Initiative · DPR · FY2017 $10,000
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.
- Gale A. Brewer FY2022-2027 · 7 awards $315,000
- Shaun Abreu FY2022-2027 · 8 awards $140,000
- Rosenthal FY2020 · 2 awards $55,000
- Levine FY2020 · 1 award $10,000
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.
- Merritt Birnbaum President & CEO $303,397
- Roxanne Roth VP Operations $170,360
- Ethan Miller CFO $113,520
Officer pay over time
Total officer pay changed +76% 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 Daniel Garodnick · 4.05% of revenue $273,834
- FY2021 Daniel Garodnick · 3.23% of revenue $300,000
- FY2022 Laura Heckman · 4.96% of revenue $240,349
- FY2023 Merritt Birnbaum · 4.47% of revenue $311,363
- FY2024 Merritt Birnbaum · 5.38% of revenue $303,397
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
- Shekar Krishnan It lobbied them; it holds contracts at 1 agency in their committees' jurisdiction
Council connections
Became the Riverside Park Conservancy's first President & CEO in May 2018, about five months after leaving the Council, and led it until February 2022, when Mayor Adams appointed him chair of the City Planning Commission. Role and pay are from the organization's own 990 filings; the identity was
- Daniel Garodnick Former Council Member, District 4 (Manhattan) · President & CEO, May 2018 to February 2022 $300,000 (FY2021)