GRAND PENN COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC.
Lobbying client
Grand Penn Community Alliance is a nonprofit formed in 2021 and led by former NYC Chief Urban Designer Alexandros Washburn, advocating for a classically styled rebuild of Penn Station that would relocate Madison Square Garden off the site. Reporting from Gothamist and Chelsea News ties its funding to National Civic Art Society president Justin Shubow and Republican donor Thomas Klingenstein. It has filed 15 disclosures since 2024, lobbying all 51 council members through Cozen O'Connor on the Penn Station redevelopment.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $225,000
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Cozen O'Connor Lobbyist firm
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Determination of Board or Commission - determination
- Determination of Board or Commission - issues affecting the redevelopment of Penn Station
- Determination of Board or Commission - redevelopment of Penn Station