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Zohran Mamdani had just won the mayoral primary, and lobbyists were nervous.<\/p>\n

The man who could be leading New York City, the capital of the western world, was an anti-capitalist. And even worse, for a business where phone numbers are currency, Mamdani was not a part of the scene.<\/p>\n

Read more Why is Mamdani suing the City Council?<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cNobody knew anybody in his inner circle. Nobody knew who his inner circle was,\u201d said one lobbyist, who was granted anonymity to speak freely. \u201cHe really was an unknown.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sure, he\u2019d been an Assembly member for a few years, but he was a democratic socialist, and a backbencher who hadn\u2019t earned much attention from the movers and shakers. \u201cWhat the hell could he do?\u201d the lobbyist added. \u201cI never met with him in a business setting.\u201d Lobbyists weren\u2019t playing a major role in his campaign, either. While former Mayor Eric Adams had raised at least $770,000 in his 2021 campaign through lobbyists, according to government reform group Citizens Union, Mamdani raised approximately $0 in that fashion.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople were concerned there was going to be a ban \u2013 they weren\u2019t going to be able to get access,\u201d said Diane Savino, a former state senator and Adams adviser who now works as a lobbyist with Allied Government Affairs. But that hasn\u2019t happened. \u201cI have not heard one person who\u2019s a lobbyist say, \u2018(City Hall) won\u2019t meet with me because I\u2019m a lobbyist,\u2019\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

More than half a year into Mamdani\u2019s administration, with one $126 billion budget already done, the picture has come into focus. The doors are still open, and it\u2019s business as usual at City Hall. Lobbyists can\u2019t say they\u2019re getting everything they want, but they all say they\u2019re able to schedule meetings with administration figures \u2013 many of whom date back to the days of former Mayor Bill de Blasio \u2013 and that they are at least getting heard. It\u2019s just the latest sign that Mamdani is governing as a reformer, rather than a revolutionary. That\u2019s a disappointment for some ethics watchdogs, who hoped he\u2019d take more dramatic action about the wheeling and dealing culture at City Hall. But it\u2019s good news for anybody with financial interests before the city of New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s plenty of opportunity to have business grow when the mayor is an avowed democratic socialist,\u201d said Joe Borelli, a former Republican New York City Council member who is now lobbying with Chartwell Strategy Group. \u201cYou just have to figure out which type of businesses are going to fall on the most welcome ears.\u201d<\/p>\n

The business of influence<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lobbying is a whole industry in New York City. The most recent annual report from the City Clerk found that registered lobbyists reported nearly $145 million in total compensation in calendar year 2025, the last year of Adams\u2019 term.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

And the numbers suggest the business hasn\u2019t taken a hit in 2026. Lobbyists reported making just over $78 million in the first six months of this year \u2013 a 4% year-over-year increase. In the previous mayor\u2019s first six months, back in 2022, lobbyists reported just under $62 million in compensation. In fact, the industry\u2019s revenue has more than tripled in the past two decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lobbyists see themselves as a mix of teachers, who can educate their clients on how government works \u2013 and educate government on how the outside world works \u2013 and professional representatives. Just as you wouldn\u2019t go to court without a lawyer, they often say, you shouldn\u2019t appear before government without a lobbyist. The sector is broad, ranging from those who work in-house for smaller nonprofits to guns-for-hire who represent powerful interests like Google, JPMorgan and the Real Estate Board of New York.<\/p>\n

City & State talked to more than two dozen lobbyists, mostly those with portfolios of clients. Many of them agreed only to speak if their names weren\u2019t included, fearing that errant comments could jeopardize relationships within City Hall or with their clients. By and large, they were happy with the situation, even pleasantly surprised.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t find it substantially different than prior administrations,\u201d said Rose Christ, co-chair of Cozen O\u2019Connor Public Strategies\u2019 New York Practice. \u201cI\u2019ve found them to be genuinely curious and engaged and open-minded, especially when coming forward with opportunities to help partner on things that are early wins for the administration to help demonstrate that the government is able to deliver for New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Things were slow-going at first, as lobbyists learned the organizational chart, and who reported to whom, but since then, \u201cwe haven\u2019t found it difficult to navigate,\u201d said another experienced lobbyist. \u201cWe haven\u2019t experienced a ton of backlash or negativity or anything of that nature.\u201d<\/p>\n

One caveat: Lobbyists\u2019 very livelihoods depend on the idea that they can get access to the administration, so it\u2019s in their interest to paint the rosiest picture possible about life under Mamdani. It\u2019s a competitive industry, and nobody wants their clients reading City & State and then dropping their contract to go with a firm that claims they know the mayor better.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But all the evidence suggests that it\u2019s been a relief for an industry where some had feared the worst.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Better than Cuomo. Better than Adams.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the immediate aftermath of Mamdani\u2019s victory last November, lobbyists spent the Somos conference in Puerto Rico drowning their sorrows in rum and consoling clients that it wouldn\u2019t be so bad. Some suggested it would have been even worse had ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mamdani\u2019s chief rival, won instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of our clients that paid money were like, \u2018We are going to jump off the Empire State Building now, or we\u2019re going to move to Siberia, one or the other,\u2019\u201d another city lobbyist said of the choice between the difficult Cuomo and the outsider Mamdani. \u201cEveryone was very relieved and happy that they didn\u2019t have to deal with Cuomo anymore \u2013 but also a little worried because he\u2019s the devil that you know.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lobbying class breathed another sigh of relief the very next week, when Mamdani announced he\u2019d be tapping Dean Fuleihan as first deputy mayor. A top de Blasio appointee who spent decades working in the Assembly before that, everyone<\/em> knew Fuleihan and thought of him as a consummate professional. And Mamdani kept it up, filling his administration\u2019s top roles not with 25-year-old socialists, but with de Blasio administration veterans, who knew the players, and knew the game.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s plenty of opportunity to have business grow when the mayor is an avowed democratic socialist.<\/div>\n
lobbyist and former City Council Member Joe Borelli<\/div>\n
There\u2019s plenty of opportunity to have business grow when the mayor is an avowed democratic socialist.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

And even though Adams\u2019 doors were open to lobbyists, and even though he was a proud capitalist, some lobbyists see Mamdani\u2019s City Hall as a better forum to do business. The Adams administration, particularly in its final, tumultuous years, could be a chaotic target for lobbyists. The coming and going of top officials \u2013\u00a0and the in-fighting and rivalries at the highest levels \u2013\u00a0made it difficult to know who exactly to lobby.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou might not always get the answer that you want to hear,\u201d the lobbyist who didn\u2019t want to end up in \u201cSiberia\u201d said of the Mamdani administration. \u201cBut if you do get the answer that you want to hear, executing it and having them follow through on the things that you need to do has been like night and day. The Adams administration was so incompetent that getting anything done, even if they wanted to help you, was impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>A level playing field<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Different lobbyists flourish under different administrations. Carl Figliola built a reputation as Rudy Giuliani\u2019s golfing buddy. De Blasio had close ties with James Capalino and Sid Davidoff, while Frank Carone\u2019s Oaktree Solutions built a lobbying practice after he departed as Adams\u2019 chief of staff after one year. (Oaktree\u2019s lobbying team wound down after Adams lost reelection.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Read more Albany woman charged in plotted ISIS-inspired attack on state Capitol<\/a><\/p>\n

But at this early point in the Mamdani administration, everyone agrees there\u2019s no favored firm profiting off a personal relationship with the mayor. Had Cuomo won the mayoralty, there might have been a rush of Albany insiders speeding down the New York State Thruway to expand their city practices. There were far fewer political pros who knew Mamdani. His confidants who didn\u2019t follow him into government \u2013 like consultants Morris Katz, Andrew Bard Epstein and Amit Singh Bagga, or election attorney Ali Najmi \u2013 have mostly focused on electoral politics. Lina Khan also has the mayor\u2019s ear, but the anti-monopolist former Federal Trade Commission chair isn\u2019t exactly taking on corporate clients.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, their priority is not making a lot of money,\u201d Suri Kasirer, founder of the eponymous lobbying firm that\u2019s been the city\u2019s biggest for the last nine years, said of the mayor\u2019s inner circle. \u201cTheir priority is getting people elected. By the way, that may change. In two years, three years, I don\u2019t know, there could be a DSA lobbying firm.\u201d<\/p>\n

There could be a Mamdani-aligned firm even sooner. Asked if he was going to go into lobbying, Bagga suggested it was an option. \u201cThere are plenty of organizations and entities doing important work to support the lives and livelihoods of New Yorkers who need guidance in navigating City government,\u201d he said in a text message. \u201cHelping them achieve their goals is not an ignoble endeavor.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to suggest that nobody<\/em> knew Mamdani before he won. Cozen O\u2019Connor\u2019s Zak Malik volunteered on the campaign. So did Francisco Lebr\u00f3n, an associate with Kline Public Strategies. And Bolton-St. Johns\u2019 Trivette Knowles knows the mayor\u2019s circle, despite previously working for mayoral race foe Jessica Ramos.<\/p>\n

But for now, in the broad world of city lobbyists, there are very few who were actually standing with the mayor before he won the primary. And that can be a good thing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s refreshing to have a level playing field,\u201d Kasirer said. \u201cAnd an administration that doesn\u2019t play favorites and an openness to good ideas, and things that resonate with them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, even if his staff is lending lobbyists an ear, the mayor has a democratic socialist reputation to uphold. His time is guarded and he rarely, if ever, personally meets with lobbyists \u2013 only principals like JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, or Blackstone President Jonathan Gray. And while the administration\u2019s doors are open for meetings, their arms are not open for hugs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Mamdani administration works every day to better the lives of the people of New York City,\u201d mayoral spokesperson Dora Pekec said in a statement, \u201cnot the class of lobbyists who in the last administration were often granted unfiltered access to influence policy and decision-making at the expense of working people.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lobbyists can spin any small step in the right direction as a victory to their clients. That could be anything from a chief of staff taking a phone call with a lobbyist to a deputy mayor making a site visit to a client\u2019s organization. Bonus if you squeeze in a photo op. So far in the Mamdani administration, a couple lobbyists pointed to this year\u2019s budget as being a fruitful one for nonprofit organizations, particularly in investments to arts and cultural organizations. Others were proud to see the administration reverse a proposal to delay payments to nonprofit contractors. And real estate developers are still building.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But getting a meeting doesn\u2019t mean that the administration will actually do what your client wants. One lobbyist said it\u2019s been difficult to get a foothold with new members of the administration, who \u201care very standoffish\u201d with the lobbying class. \u201cHave I had any wins?\u201d they said. \u201cI mean, we were able to get some meetings and get some calls in, but it didn\u2019t change the outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

The <\/strong>\u201c<\/strong>culture of corruption<\/strong>\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ethics watchdogs don\u2019t feel like they\u2019ve gotten a win yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the campaign trail, Mamdani railed against a \u201cculture of corruption\u201d of \u201cpay-to-play politics\u201d and a \u201ccity for sale\u201d under Adams, recalled Grace Rauh, executive director of government reform group Citizens Union, and a registered lobbyist herself. \u201cIt is stark, and frankly surprising to us, that a new mayor who came in on the heels of Eric Adams, and the swirl of corruption allegations and indictments that hovered over that administration \u2026 (has) made no announcements or policy changes specifically around ethics and accountability,\u201d she said. \u201cWe think that was a real missed opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

After all, there was a criminal probe examining whether Terence Banks, the lobbyist brother of both Adams\u2019 schools chancellor and deputy mayor, was selling access to the Adams administration. (No charges have been brought against him.) Adams\u2019 Department of Buildings Commissioner Eric Ulrich was charged in bribery schemes, and his chief adviser Ingrid Lewis-Martin was also charged with trading her political influence for cash and gifts.<\/p>\n

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In two years, three years, I don\u2019t know, there could be a DSA lobbying firm.<\/div>\n
Suri Kasirer<\/div>\n
In two years, three years, I don\u2019t know, there could be a DSA lobbying firm.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

There haven\u2019t been any ethical red flags from the Mamdani administration so far, Rauh said, but Citizens Union would still like to see proactive steps. For example, de Blasio\u2019s City Hall publicly reported meetings that senior staff took with lobbyists. Adams ended that voluntary transparency effort upon taking office, and Mamdani has not brought it back.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Citizens Union Director of Public Policy Ben Weinberg said Mamdani could also proactively disclose when the Conflicts of Interest Board provides specific guidance to administration officials and strengthen the recusal policy to keep government officials from making decisions that could benefit their former private sector employers or clients. He could also improve funding and staffing at COIB and the Department of Investigation, and even consider moving lobbying oversight away from the City Clerk and into a more independent agency like COIB.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe north star should be sending a message to the municipal workforce and to the senior officials that the city is turning the page on the culture of corruption,\u201d Weinberg said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Of course, lobbyists say Mamdani is doing exactly what he should \u2013 listening to everyone with an open mind.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be like being a judge and refusing to hear from the defense,\u201d said the lobbyist who called Mamdani an \u201cunknown\u201d in Albany. \u201cNot listening to a certain segment of the population or people who are affected by laws would be malpractice.\u201d<\/p>\n

But government affairs professionals are aware that \u201clobbyist\u201d can be a bad word. And they\u2019re grateful they haven\u2019t been shut out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope your story doesn\u2019t inspire them to ban lobbyists,\u201d the same one added. \u201cBecause they\u2019ve actually been logical and fair about meeting with lobbyists.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more This week\u2019s biggest Winners & Losers<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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