American Hotel & Lodging Association
Lobbying client
The national trade group for the United States hotel industry, representing hotels, lodging companies, and suppliers across the country. It filed 24 lobbying disclosures with the city since 2024, registering citywide through Brown & Weinraub and Empire Consulting Group to lobby all 51 council members, including leading the hotel industry's opposition to the Safe Hotels Act (Intro 991-2024), which the Council passed in October 2024, and lobbying on junk fees and economic development for tourism.
- Council members lobbied
- 4
- Filings (since 2024)
- 24
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $435,166
Lobbied these council members
- Amanda C. Farías Council Member, District 18 (Bronx)
- Harvey D. Epstein Council Member, District 2 (Manhattan)
- Joann Ariola Council Member, District 32 (Queens)
- Julie Menin Council Member, District 5 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Brown & Weinraub Advisors, LLC Lobbyist firm
- Empire Consulting Group, Inc. Lobbyist firm
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Budget - economic development
- Budget - economic development/tourism
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - 991-2024
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Hotel license ordinance
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - Junk fees
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - economic development