Lobbyists Run the City – Money Wins
You know something isn’t right, but you can’t put your finger on it.
The same problems exist year-after-year and elected representatives pretend they have worked hard.
Lobbyists are people who work for companies who want our politicians to vote in favor of their projects.
Their $148,500+ salary each year isn’t enough for them. Remember in 2016 when NYC Council voted to raise their salary from $112,500 to $148,500. See here Yet, they are still involved with lobbyists.
NYC offers transparency about lobbyists through a database. You can look up which lobbyists have targeted your elected politician. Before you use the lobbyist database, grab a coffee prepare yourself mentally – this is going to be ugly. Click here for the lobbyist database.
Directions for the database:
1. On the left go to YEAR and Click your mouse on the first year and pull down to select all years.
2. Skip… Lobbying Subject and Subject Detail.
3. Go to Target – this is where you will put your politician’s name. Choose the dark blue button which says select Target. At the top type your politician’s name and choose the blue search button on the right. In the box below you will be able to choose the politicians’s name (or even staff members). Choose done.
4. You will see a chart with all the lobbyists that have contacted your pol. Go to the far right and you will see the word Details. Under it, you will see view details.
Hugs,
marlene
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