Breaking Ground II Housing Development Fund Corporation

Lobbying client

Breaking Ground II Housing Development Fund Corporation is an affiliated entity of Breaking Ground, the New York City nonprofit (formerly Common Ground Community) that develops and operates supportive and affordable housing for homeless and low-income New Yorkers. In 2022 Breaking Ground proposed converting the Paramount Hotel at 235 West 46th Street in Manhattan into 510 housing units and a 136-unit shelter, but the deal fell apart after the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council sought a $50 million buyout of the hotel workers' union contract, and the building reopened as a hotel. Our data shows this entity filed 21 lobbying disclosures from 2024 through 2026, lobbying Council Members Crystal Hudson, Diana Ayala, Erik Bottcher, and Julie Won through Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP and Kasirer LLC on real estate and zoning matters tied to that same West 46th Street building, and it holds active city contracts totaling $7,992,440.63.

Council members lobbied
5
Filings (since 2024)
21
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$300,000
Industry (per city contracts)
Human Services
City contracts (active)
$7,992,441 · 2 contracts
Awarded all-time
$17,541,850 · 5 since 2012, incl. expired
Paid to date
$11,289,129
Won without a fresh bid
100% of contract value · $17,541,850 · 5 contracts

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