Avaya LLC
Lobbying client
A business communications and contact-center software company headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, spun off from Lucent Technologies in 2000, Avaya filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy twice, in January 2017 and February 2023, emerging from the second restructuring in March 2023 after cutting its debt by more than 75 percent. In New York City, the company has filed 15 lobbying disclosures since 2024 through Statewide Public Affairs, Inc., registering citywide on telecommunications-related legislation and reporting contact with 51 council members, with $150,000 paid to its lobbyist.
- Council members lobbied
- 51 (citywide)
- Filings (since 2024)
- 15
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $150,000
- Industry (per city contracts)
- Professional Services
- City contracts
- none active as of 2026-08-22 · $8,363,719 awarded since 2005
- Paid to date
- $6,874,567
- Won without a fresh bid
- 97% of contract value · $8,148,981 · 8 contracts
- Based in
- Basking Ridge, NJ (out of state)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Statewide Public Affairs, Inc. Lobbyist firm
Holds contracts at
- Department of Education City agency
- Department of Social Services City agency
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - issues related to technology and telecommunications
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - issues relating to telecommunications industry
- Local Legislation (including introduction) - telecommunications issues
City contracts
Registered city contracts, largest first by current contract value (not amount spent): running now, then registered to start later, then ended. Totals count every registered contract. Each line shows its Checkbook contract ID. The tag on each row is how it was awarded (“no-bid” = non-competitive).
- Maintenance, Adds and Changes for Avaya PBX Equipment Department of Education · MA104020069600322 · ended 2017 $2,221,283
- PURCHASE OF AVAYA DATA EQUIPMENT/MAINTENANCE/RESIDENTIAL ENG Department of Social Services · CT106920121424962 · ended 2015 $2,058,524
- PROFESSIONAL SVCS FOR AVAYA CS2100, CCADMIN, MPSADMIN,CTR Department of Social Services · CT106920121435957 · ended 2015 $1,512,630
- CS2100, MPS ADMIN & MPS DEVELOPER PROFESSIONAL CONSULT SVCS Department of Social Services · CT106920161403766 · ended 2018 $1,173,795
- ON-SITE ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE Department of Social Services · CT106920161404954 · ended 2018 $802,917
- CONVERSION OF DISASTER RECOVERY PORTS INTO PRODUCTION PORT Department of Social Services · CT106920111450717 · ended 2012 $246,995
- MAINTENANCE & SUPPORT SERVICES FOR IVRS MPS 1000 Department of Social Services · CT106920111421706 · ended 2011 $89,738
- Maintenance and Support Services for Avaya MPS500 Department of Social Services · CT106920161400557 · ended 2018 $69,553
- MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT FOR THE AVAYA IVR MPS 500 Department of Social Services · CT106920131401086 · ended 2015 $63,285
- NEGOTIATED SERVICES-SERVICES Department of Education · CT104020197096392 · ended 2019 $25,000