Motion Picture Association, Inc.
Lobbying client
Motion Picture Association, Inc. is the trade association for Hollywood's major studios and streamers, including Disney, Netflix, Paramount, Amazon MGM Studios, Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros. Discovery. It reports that film and television production directly supports more than 90,000 jobs and $13.4 billion in wages in New York State, with 60 films and 150 TV series shot in the state in 2024, and it advocates for the state's 30 percent film and television production tax credit. It has filed 15 disclosures with the City Council since 2024 through Kasirer LLC, lobbying 18 council members including Adrienne Adams and Julie Menin, on advocacy and relationship building matters and media issues before city boards and commissions.
- Council members lobbied
- 18
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $357,502
Lobbied these council members
- Carmen N. De La Rosa Council Member, District 10 (Manhattan)
- Kevin C. Riley Council Member, District 12 (Bronx)
- Pierina Ana Sanchez Council Member, District 14 (Bronx)
- Amanda C. Farías Council Member, District 18 (Bronx)
- Christopher Marte Council Member, District 1 (Manhattan)
- Shekar Krishnan Council Member, District 25 (Queens)
- Julie Won Council Member, District 26 (Queens)
- Nantasha M. Williams Council Member, District 27 (Queens)
- Selvena N. Brooks-Powers Council Member, District 31 (Queens)
- Joann Ariola Council Member, District 32 (Queens)
- Crystal Hudson Council Member, District 35 (Brooklyn)
- Rita C. Joseph Council Member, District 40 (Brooklyn)
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Kasirer LLC Lobbyist firm
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Adrienne Adams
- Erik Bottcher
- Joe Borelli
- Keith Powers
- Rafael Salamanca Jr.
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Determination of Board or Commission - Advocacy; Relationship Building
- Determination of Board or Commission - Media issues; relationship building
- Determination of Board or Commission - Relationship Building
Congressional testimony
Congressional committee meetings where congress.gov lists a witness whose stated affiliation is exactly this organization's name, for the 118th and 119th Congresses, as of 2026-09-01. Name variations are not matched, so an appearance filed under a different spelling of this organization is missing
- Maintaining American Innovation and Technology Leadership House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade 2026-01-13