455 First Avenue Associates LLC
Lobbying client
455 First Avenue Associates LLC is the development entity behind Innovation East, a proposed 500,000-square-foot life sciences hub at the site of the former NYC Public Health Laboratory in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan, being developed by Taconic Partners, DivcoWest, and the NYC Economic Development Corporation. The project, part of the SPARC Kips Bay life sciences initiative and approved by the City Council in early 2025, is designed to accommodate lab tenants at all stages of growth and will anchor NYU Grossman School of Medicine, with construction targeted to begin in 2027. With 40 filings since 2024, it lobbied 12 council members through Ennead Architects, Fried Frank, and Geto & de Milly on ULURP certification and land use approvals for the 455 First Avenue site.
- Council members lobbied
- 12
- Filings (since 2024)
- 40
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $492,292
Lobbied these council members
- Kevin C. Riley Council Member, District 12 (Bronx)
- Amanda C. Farías Council Member, District 18 (Bronx)
- Lynn C. Schulman Council Member, District 29 (Queens)
- Harvey D. Epstein Council Member, District 2 (Manhattan)
- Kamillah Hanks Council Member, District 49 (Staten Island)
- David M. Carr Council Member, District 50 (Staten Island/Brooklyn)
- Shaun Abreu Council Member, District 7 (Manhattan)
- Yusef Salaam Council Member, District 9 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Ennead Architects LLP Lobbyist firm
- Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Lobbyist firm
- Geto & de Milly Inc. Lobbyist firm
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Carlina Rivera
- Francisco P. Moya
- Keith Powers
- Rafael Salamanca Jr.
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Determination of Board or Commission - ULURP Certification and Approval
- Determination of Board or Commission - ULURP certification
- Determination of Board or Commission - ULURP certification and approval
- Determination regarding real property - IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF 455 FIRST AVENUE
- Determination regarding real property - Various land use matters for 455 First Avenue in Manhattan