West Side Citizens for Affordable Housing Inc.
Lobbying client
City lobbying filings show West Side Citizens for Affordable Housing Inc. registered as an active client in 2024 and 2025, filing 19 reports and paying $195,000 to two firms, Nicholas & Lence Communications LLC and Urban Strategies LLC, to lobby Council Members Gale Brewer and Justin Brannan on a real property determination for affordable housing at 160 West 74th Street in Manhattan. Public correspondence on that address shows Council Member Brewer asking Mayor Adams in February 2024 to have the former Calhoun School building, bought by Bayrock Capital in 2023, renovated for affordable housing instead of leased to the city as a 146-bed women's shelter. No news coverage identifies who organized West Side Citizens for Affordable Housing Inc. or ties it to Bayrock, shelter operator Volunteers of America, or the building's later buyer, Apex Investments.
- Council members lobbied
- 2
- Filings (since 2024)
- 19
- Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
- $195,000
Lobbied these council members
- Gale A. Brewer Council Member, District 6 (Manhattan)
Represented by lobbyist firms
- Nicholas & Lence Communications LLC Lobbyist firm
- Urban Strategies, LLC Lobbyist firm
Lobbied former members
Members who have since left their seat
- Justin Brannan
What they lobbied on
subjects from their filings
- Determination regarding real property - AFFORDABLE HOUSING
- Determination regarding real property - Regarding building site use at 160 W 74th Street in Manhattan