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Overview "Money talks," and New York City is certainly no exception. Fourteen lobby interests in the city spent more than $100,000 each in 1999, hiring well-connected firms and directly lobbying city government on a wide of issues. Altogether, these "Big Apple Big Spenders" spent a grand total $2,435,815. (See Chart One.)

This report seeks to News Release answer the question of FACTS AT A GLANCE just who is lobbying Lobby Report Top City Lobby Interests for Calendar "City Hall" and to what Blumenfeld Development Group, Ltd. $265,916 Chart 1 ends. NYPIRG identifies The Top 79 who is paying the most Forest City Ratner Companies $236,744 for lobbying and what American Insurance Association $225,000 Chart 2 Total for these three $727,660 What They Lobbied On issues these Big are lobbying on. And for Number of Lobby Interest Chart 3 the first time ever, we Spending $100,000 or More 14 What Lobbyists Total for these 14 They Hired have ranked each and $2,435,815 every of the 492 (includes top three above) Number of Top 14 who Lobbied Chart 4 developers, associations, on Land Use/Real Estate Issues 10 A Complete Ranking unions, businesses, non- of all 492 Lobby Total for these 10 $1,580,090 Interests profits & special Number of Lobby Interest 79 that pay for lobbying Spending $50,000 or More Searchable Database government (at least For Internet Explorer Total for these 79 $6,684,152 Browsers those who file with the (includes top 14 above)

Office of the City Clerk.) Number of Lobby Interests who Alphabetical List Paid for Lobbying in 1999 492 of all 492 Lobby With the release of this Interests report, any New Yorker Total spent by all 492 lobby interests $12,709,432 with access to the Internet Average spent by each lobby interest $25,832 will be able to see for themselves just who is lobbying in the city and how much they’re NYPIRG 9 Murray Street by visiting www.nypirg.org. New York, NY 10007 (212) 3496460 We’ve organized the report into four charts. The first lists the city’s top

Office of the City 79 clients employing lobbyists, — those who spent more than $50,000 Clerk lobbying city agencies and officials last year. Chart Two lists what issues Room 265 Municipal Building top 14 "Big Spenders" (those spending more than $100,000) spent their 1 Chambers Street money on. Chart Three lists the lobby firms the Big Spenders employed. New York, NY 10007 (212) 669 - 8171. Chart Four is an extensive ranking of all 492 lobby clients for 1999 and much they spent.

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more tool to better understand the politics and forces which affect a wide variety of public policy decisions. While the Office of the City Clerk publishes a valuable list of all the city’s lobbyists and a comprehensive client list, our report aggregates and ranks the lobby costs each client paid each lobbyist they retained and details what the highest spenders lobbied Just Who is Lobbying And What Are They Lobbying On? Most people associate lobbying with pending legislation and budgetary decisions. Indeed, legislative issues like smoking, ATM surcharges, and building sprinklers made it on to our list of issues of concern to the city’s highest spending lobby interests. However, our review shows that it is real estate & land use concerns which dominate the agenda of these big Ten of the top 14 spent at least a portion, if not all, of their $1,580,090 of lobbying expenses on proposed development & construction projects, matters and other land use issues.

City records make it difficult to determine what every dollar was spent But a careful review of lobbyist disclosure forms reveals a good deal. and issues lobbied ranged from the Commercial Rent Tax, sound stages Kaufman Astoria Studios, housing developments in Brighton Beach and JFK Airport rail link. That may come as no surprise in a real estate town New York, but certainly can’t give much comfort to civic and local community groups trying to evaluate and affect development proposals across the city. Among our key observations:

l Leading the list of "Big Spenders" is the Blumenfeld Development Group, with a $265,916 tab for 1999. The disclosure forms filed by the three firms hired as their lobbyists describe a variety of development projects. These include the megastore/retail project on 116 to 119 Street in East Harlem and the development of the Bulova Watch site in Queens. (See Chart Two for a detailed breakdown.)

l There are a number of names on our list familiar to most New Yorkers, ranging from Home Depot, which weighed in with to Bell Atlantic with $85,000 to Philip Morris with $76,272 to Council 37 with $61,524 to Time Warner Cable with $55,838.

l There are also a wide number of special interests who spend big and are unknown to many. The Metropolitan Taxi Cab Board of (lobbying on proposed regulations regarding accessibility for the disabled) spent $84,000, and the Community Preservation Corporation (proponents of weakening the city’s lead paint regulations) spent $75,700. Browning Ferris Industries, (winners of city contract on recycling last year) spent $50,000. NYPIRG spent $5,634 last year, lobbying on a wide range of issues including lead paint regulations, legislation to increase voter registration opportunities, charter revision, pesticides, ATM surcharges, finance reform and the JFK rail link (see below.) http://www.nypirg.org/spenders/default.html 01/10/2003 The Big Apple’s Big Spenders Page 3 of 4

l One issue which attracted a significant amount of lobbying activity was the JFK rail link being constructed over the Van Wyck Expressway. The Air Transport Association of America (opponents the Port Authority’s JFK rail link) spent a whopping $166,050 opposing the project. At least three more heavyweights spent part of their lobbying dollars on the issue. Weighing in were The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (95,000), Raytheon and the General Contractor Association of New York (62,500.) However, because each had more than one project listed for their expenses, it’s not possible to know exactly how much was spent on the rail link.

l Among those spending $2,000 or less were the Whitney Museum ($1,900), the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ($1,526), Memorial Slaon-Kettering Cancer Center (858) the Pepsi Cola Bottling Company ($784.)

Trends Since 1994, reported lobbying activity in the city has risen from $8,477,180 to last year’s $12,709,432 - a 33% increase. Who have been biggest and most consistent spenders over that period? Here are the that have ranked as one of the top 10 lobby interests at least twice since 1994.

TOP TEN LOBBYIST AT LEAST 94 95 96 97 98 99 TWICE* Forest City Ratner Companies Y Y Y Y Y Y Anheuser Busch Companies Y Y Y Y Y Greater New York Hospital Association Y Y Y Y Y American Insurance Association Y Y Y Y McDonalds Y Y Y Hotel Association of New York Y Y ** ** Neighborhood Small Business Association Y ** Y Blumenfeld Development Group, Ltd. Y Y Home Depot Y Y Kaufman Astoria Studios Y Y HONORABLE MENTIONS National Association of Securities Dealers ** Y Muss Development Y **

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Methodology The information in "Big Apple Big Spenders" is compiled from the quarterly disclosure reports submitted to the New York City Office of the City Clerk by all registered city lobbyists and the Clerk’s, "1999 Lobbyist Annual Report." While the annual report publishes a list of how much the city’s lobby firms collect for their services, and who their clients are, our report provides ranked and more detailed information on who is paying lobbyists and what they are paying for. Please note that the Clerk's report lists the total lobbying expenditures for 1999 at $12,709,431. Our analysis the individual totals taken from the body of the report add up to $12,699,471. In the interest of accuracy, we have used the Clerk's figure.

The information for this report’s charts was taken directly from the quarterly reports filed by lobbyists with the City Clerk. This accounts for phrasing style and occasional spelling discrepancy. The figures for this report are rounded off to the nearest dollar. Please note that because: 1) data is not accessible via electronic format; 2) some lobbying interests are listed in the City Clerk report with slightly different names (i.e. Air Transport Association of America & Air Transport Association); and 3) subsidiaries of the same corporation are not required to be listed as such, this report may overstate, understate or have overlooked some entries. We have attempted to double check each questionable listing’s original report file at the City Clerk’s office to ensure accuracy.

Luckily, New Yorkers will be getting additional detailed information about the activities of city lobbyists next year. That’s when state pushed by NYPIRG and our fellow civic groups goes into effect for local lobbying efforts across the state. New requirements will tighten disclosure requirements on lobbyists, put filings on-line and increase enforcement auditing efforts. Hopefully that will lead to more detailed reporting here in the city.

This report was written by NYPIRG Government Reform Coordinator Neal Rosenstein with assistance from Government Reform Researcher David Palmer. Our thanks to Gene Russianoff, Chris Meyer and Marvin Shelton for their assistance. We also wish to thank Denise Pianoforte of Office of the City Clerk for her assistance.

NYPIRG is a not-for-profit research and advocacy organization. NYPIRG’s professional staff works to shape public policy and develop citizen participation in areas of government and corporate accountability, environmental and consumer protection, and economic and social justice.

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CHART ONE: The City’s Top 79 Lobby Interests of 1999 (The $50,000 Plus Club)

This chart ranks the city’s top 79 lobby interests—those who spent $50,000 or more in calendar year 1999. The numbers below represent the total dollar amount spent by each client on paid lobbyists. In other words,

we have aggregated all the money spent by the same entity on different

News Release lobbyists into one figure representative of their total expenses.

Lobbying Report DOLLARS RANK LOBBY INTEREST SPENT Chart 1 The Top 79 Top Three - $200,000 or More 1 Blumenfeld Development Group, Ltd. 265,916 Chart 2 What They Lobbied On Forest City Ratner Companies/FCR Site C/G 2 236,744 & 330 Jay St. Associates Chart 3 What Lobbyists 3 American Insurance Association 225,000 They Hired Total $727,660 Chart 4 A Complete Ranking of all 492 Lobby $100,00 - $200,000 Interests New York University/NYU Medical 4 181,219 Searchable Database Center/NYU School of Dentistry For Internet Explorer Browsers 5 Greater New York Hospital Association 170,456 Air Transport Association of America & Air Alphabetical List 6 166,050 of all 492 Lobby Transport Assoc. Interests 7 Neighborhood Small Business Association 165,125 8 Kaufman Astoria Studios 157,970

9 Home Depot 135,128 NYPIRG 9 Murray Street 10 National Association of Securities Dealers 123,796 New York, NY 10007 (212) 3496460 11 Muss Development Co 121,021 12 Hotel Association of New York City, Inc. 114,000 Office of the City Clerk 13 International Airport Center/s/LLC 106,537 Room 265 New York City Partnership & Chamber of Municipal Building 14 101,803 1 Chambers Street Commerce New York, NY 10007 (212) 669 - 8171. Total $1,708,155 Total For All 14 Above $100,000 $2,435,815

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15 Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation 97,500 16 Bertelsmann Inc. 96,222 17 Port Authority of New York & New Jersey 95,000 Independent Pay Phone Association of New 18 90,000 York 19 Bell Atlantic (NY Telephone Co.) 85,000 20 Metropolitan Taxi Cab Board of Trade 84,000 21 Long Island University 82,500 22 Mattone Group & Mattone Group - Jamaica 81,184 23 Anheuser Busch Companies 81,000 24 Raytheon Infrastructure Services, Inc. 79,200 25 Multis State-Hewlett Packard 79,166 26 SCI Eastern Region, Inc. 78,000 27 Philip Morris Management Corp. 76,272 28 Times Square Studios Limited 75,953 29 Community Preservation Corporation 75,700 30 United Food and Commercial workers 75,250 31 Rose Associates 74,694 32 New York Metropolitan Retail Association 73,719 33 Denihan Company 73,610 34 Peerless Importers/Inc. 72,845

Charmer Industries, Inc. 72,000 League of American Theatres and Producers, 35 72,000 Inc. 36 SMACNA of Long Island 70,000 37 Ferry Point Partners 68,871 38 Davidoff & Malito, LLP 65,000 De Vry Inc. 63,000 39 Infilco Degremont, Inc. 63,000 General Contractors Association of New York 40 62,500 Inc. 41 Mount Sinai Medical Center 61,800 42 District Coundil 37 61,524 Legal Aid Society of the City of New York & 43 60,161 L.A.S. Civil Division 44 HBO 60,139 Telebeam Telecommunications Corp. & 45 60,021 Telebeam Construction Industry United 60,000 TDI Transportation Displays Inc. 60,000 Plaza Construction 60,000 http://www.nypirg.org/spenders/chartone.html 01/10/2003 The Big Apple’s Big Spenders Page 3 of 3

New York Outdoor Group 60,000 Perez Interboro Asphalt Co., Inc. 60,000 Outdoor Systems Inc. 60,000 Peoples Telephone Co., Inc. 60,000 Kalikow Organization 60,000 American Airlines 60,000 New York City School Construction Authority 60,000 Roundabout on the New 42nd Street 60,000 Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce 60,000 46 Fordham Renaissance Associates 60,000 47 ECDC Environmental LC 56,850 Time Warner Cable/Time Warner Cable of 48 55,838 NYC 49 Fashion Institute of Technology 55,500 50 Schwartzberg and Associates 55,000 51 United Federation of Teachers 54,632 National Promotions & Advertising Inc. 54,000 Castle Senior Living, LLC 54,000 52 Social Service Workers’ Union Local 371 54,000 53 130 Watts St. Condominium 52,760 54 New York Association for Taxi Safety 52,500 55 MSDW 745 52,460 56 American Heart Association 52,066 57 Cashpoint Network Services, Inc. 51,507 58 Coalition for the Homeless 50,393 New School for Social Research 50,000 American Cancer Society 50,000 Feldman, Ziel 50,000 Browning Ferris Industries 50,000 59/79 Intrepid Museum Foundation 50,000 Total $4,248,337

Total For All 79 Above $50,000 $6,684,152

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CHART TWO: The "Topics" for the City’s Top 14 Lobby Interests of 1999

Just what do all those lobby interests spend their money on? We’ve provided the answers here for the 14 who spent the most in 1999. They make up our list of this year’s Big Apple’s Big Spenders - by racking-up more than $100,000 in lobbying expenses each. This chart lists what they lobbied on, in their lobbyists own words. News Release

Lobbying Report Most people associate lobbying with pending legislation and budgetary decisions. However, while legislative issues concerning smoking, ATM Chart 1 surcharges, and building sprinklers made it on to our list of issues of The Top 79 concern to the city’s highest spending lobbyists, our review shows that it

Chart 2 is real estate & land use concerns which dominate. Ten of the top 14 spent What They Lobbied On at least a portion, if not all, of their lobbying expenses on proposed development & construction projects, zoning matters and other land use Chart 3 issues. What Lobbyists They Hired The list of topics and phrasing of the descriptions provided below is taken Chart 4 directly from the quarterly reports filed by lobbyists with the City Clerk. A Complete Ranking of all 492 Lobby Interests

Searchable Database 1 Blumenfeld Development Group, Ltd. $265,916 For Internet Explorer Development Of Washburn Wire Site, 116th Street - 119th Street, Browsers Manhattan • East River Plaza • City Action On Zoning Changes • Dev. Of Queens Site (Bulova Watch Site) • Dev. Of Staten Island Project Alphabetical List of all 492 Lobby (Charleston Site) • Response To Request For Proposal For Seward Park Interests Urban Renewal Area • Proposed Development Of Kent Ave. • Dev. Of

City Owned Site On 125th Street • Request For Proposal For Dev. Of JFK Site • East Harlem Development Projects.

NYPIRG 9 Murray Street 2 Forest City Ratner Cos/FCR Site C/G & 330 Jay St. Associates New York, NY 10007 $236,744 (212) 3496460 Zoning • Casino Gambling • Transfer Of Air Rights • Various Issues In Office of the City Connection With Proposed Commercial And Retail Development Projects Clerk In Brooklyn, Queens And The Bronx Including 330 Jay Street And Room 265 Municipal Building Atlantic Terminal • Lease To The City Of An Interest In Real Property 1 Chambers Street And Application For Special Zoning Permits Re: Dev. Of A Building At New York, NY 10007 (212) 669 - 8171. 330 Jay Street, Brooklyn • 300 Jay Street • Dev. Of Steinway Street, Queens • Dev. Of Northern Blvd. Project • Dev. Of Site On Shore Parkway, Brooklyn • Dev. Of Forest Ave., Staten Island • Dev. Of Metropolitan Ave., Queens • Dev. Of MTA Site • Dev. Of Queens Plaza • Dev. Of Site In Springfield Gardens, Queens • Application For http://www.nypirg.org/spenders/charttwo.html 01/10/2003 The Big Apple’s Big Spenders Page 2 of 3

Modifications To Existing Special Permit For A Building On Site C/G, Metrotech, Brooklyn • Harlem Ctr. • Flatbush Ave. • Flatbush Gateway • 911 • Brown Brothers • Nine South • Courtroom 2000 • Seward Park • General FC Projects • 9/11 Metrotech • Stern’s Rego Park • Stern’s Opening • Broadway/Grand • Brooklyn Center • Harlem Center Announcement • Liberty Theater - 42nd Street • 42nd Street Project • Museum Of Jewish Heritage • Kaufman Studio • ICIP & REAP Legislation.

3 American Insurance Association $225,000 All Issues Relating To The Insurance Industry.

4 New York University/NYU Medical Ctr./NYU School Of Dentistry $181,219 NYU: Budgetary And Education Issues • Representation In Connection With The Demapping Of A Below Grade Volume Of A Mapped Street And Disposition Of Such Volume To The University • Representation In Connection With A Request To Modify The Design Of A Rooftop Playground Previously Approved By The City Planning Commission Pursuant To A Special Permit. oo NYU Medical Center: Budget Items Affecting NYU Medical Center oo NYU School Of Dentistry: Budgetary And Education Issues.

5 Greater New York Hospital Association $170,456 City Budget Initiatives • Burn Plants • State Mandated Cross-Connection Control Requirements • Medicaire Assignments • Medicaid Managed Care • Hospital Reimbursement Issues • City Budget • State Budget • General Health Issues • Medicaid Eligibility • Home Care • Welfare Reform • Hospital & Nursing Home Waste • Disposal Issues • Funding For Aids Programs • TB Issues • EMS Issues.

6 Air Transport Association Of America & Air Transport Assoc. $166,050 Port Authority Proposal To Construct A Rail System Above Van Wyck Expressway • Matters Relating To Light Rail Legislation.

7 Neighborhood Small Business Association $165,125 Land Use.

8 Kaufman Astoria Studios $157,970 Approvals On Construction Of New Studio • Re: New Studio Construction Project • Incentives • ULURP • Land Use.

9 Home Depot $135,128 Development Of Site On Northern Blvd. • Dev Of Site On Woodhaven Blvd. • Dev. Of Cropsey Ave., Brooklyn • Dev. In Springfield Gardens, Queens • Dev. Of Site In Ozone Park • RFP For Nostrand Ave., Brooklyn • Parking Issues For Potential Manhattan Development • Interpretation Of Building Code.

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10 National Association Of Securities Dealers $123,796 Relocation Incentives.

11 Muss Development Co $121,021 Development Of Brighton Beach Housing • Dev. Issues On Jay Street • Expansion Of Hotel In Downtown Brooklyn • Tree Planting • Proposed Rezining Of A Portion Of Flushing, Queens • Proposed Staten Island Development • Renaissance Plaza Hotel & Office Complex • Approval Of Proposed Projects In Communities • Needed Approvals, Permits, Etc.

12 Hotel Association Of New York City, Inc. $114,000 Issues Affecting The Hotel And Tourism Industry, Including Increased Funding For Tourism, Traffic Issues, Smoking Laws And Regulations • Restaurant Inspection Bill • Hotel Tax Collection Issue.

13 International Airport Center/S/LLC $106,537 Disposition Of City-Owned Land Located At Rockaway Blvd., Ozone Park, Queens; Zoning Change; Demapping Park Land; Mapping Public Space; Mapping Rockaway Boulevard • Kennedy Airport Project • Land Use And Environmental Reviews Respecting Proposed Dev. On Rockaway Blvd.

14 New York City Partnership & Chamber Of Commerce $101,803 Land Use • Finace, Budget And Taxes Policy • Commercial Rent Tax • Sprinklers Law • Press Issues • Local Sanctions Legislation • Construction Commission • Education Issues • Housing Policy Issues • Principal Tenure/School Facilities • Breakthrough For Learning • NYC Structure Center • Welfare To Work • Transportation Infrastructure Issues • City Budget • Business Investment Guarantee Program • Charter Schools • Infrastructure Issues • Joint Bidding Legislation • Hi-Tech Zones • Sub. Capital Tax And ATM • Brownfields.

Methodology: Information for this chart was taken from the quarterly reports for 1999 filed by registered lobbyists with the office of City Clerk. All listings of subject matter listed above are printed directly from these filings. We have not listed duplicate information for the same project. Unfortunately, the detail of information provided by each lobbyist varies greatly, this accounts for the range of information provided.

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CHART THREE: Who Did Their Lobbying (What Lobby Firms Worked for Interests Spending $100,000 or More)

Firms Retained & Total Client Dollars Spent

1. Blumenfeld Development Rubenstein Associates, Inc. 5,500 Group, Ltd. Lobbying Report Wachtel & Masyr LLP 200,416 Zamechansky, Kathy & News Release 60,000 Associates Chart 1 The Top 79 Total 265,916 2. Forest City Ratner Chart 2 Companies, FCR What They Lobbied On Co, Site C/G & 330 Jay St Forest City Ratner

Chart 3 Associates Companies 30,508 What Lobbyists They Hired Geto & De Milly, Inc. 96,000 Wachtel & Masyr LLP 57,436 Chart 4 Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, A Complete Ranking 20,000 of all 492 Lobby Edelman & Dicker Interests Winthrop Stimson Putnam & 32,800 Searchable Database Roberts For Internet Explorer Browsers Total 236,744 3. American Insurance Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Alphabetical List 225,000 of all 492 Lobby Association Edelman & Dicker Interests 4. New York University/ Battle Fowler LLP 16,219 NYU Medical Center/ NYU School of Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz,

NYPIRG Dentristry Edelman 9 Murray Street & Dicker 165,000 New York, NY 10007 (212) 3496460 Total 181,219 5. Greater New York Hospital Office of the City Clerk Raske, Kenneth E. 147,956 Room 265 Association Municipal Building Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, 1 Chambers Street 22,500 New York, NY 10007 Edelman & Dicker (212) 669 - 8171. Total 170,456 6. Air Transport Association Bolton St. Johns, Inc. 25,000 of America & Air Transport Association Lipsky, Richard Associates 66,050 http://www.nypirg.org/spenders/chartthree.html 01/10/2003 The Big Apple’s Big Spenders Page 2 of 2

Wagner, Claudia 75,000 Total 166,050 7. Neighborhood Small Lipsky, Richard Associates 165,125 Businesss Association 8. Kaufman Astoria Studios McLaughlin, Martin J. 60,000 Stadtmauer Bailkin LLP 97,970 Total 157,970 9. Home Depot Wachtel & Masyr LLP 135,128 10. National Association of Stadtmauer Bailkin LLP 123,796 Securities Dealers 11. Muss Development Co AMREP Solutions, Inc. 32,000 Herrick, Feinstein LLP 77,021 Rubenstein Associates, Inc. 12,000 Total 121,021 12. Hotel Association of Spinnato, Joseph E. 14,000 NYC, Inc. Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz,

Edelman & Dicker 100,000 Total 114,000 13. International Airport McLaughlin, Martin J. 60,000 Center/s/LLC Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C. 9,825 Wachtel & Masyr LLP 36,712 Total 106,537 14. New York City New York Partnership Partnership & Chamber of Commerce 51,803 Nixon, Peabode LLP 50,000 Total 101,803 Total Spent by Top 14 $2,435,815 Lobby Interests

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CHART FOUR: Who's Paying to Lobby City Hall How Much?

The numbers below represent the total dollar amount spent by each client on paid lobbyists. In other words, we have aggregated all the money spent by the same entity on different lobbyists into one figure representative of their total expenses. In cases where we have identified subsidiaries and affiliates of the same entity we have grouped these interests together. To search for a specific lobbying interest, click here if you are using Lobbying Report Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. For all other browsers, search our

News Release Alphabetical Listing.

Chart 1 Blumenfeld Development Group, Ltd. 265916 The Top 79 Forest City Ratner Companies/FCR Site C/G & 330 Jay St. 236744 Chart 2 Associates What They Lobbied On American Insurance Association 225000 Chart 3 New York University/NYU Medical Center/NYU School of What Lobbyists 181219 They Hired Dentistry

Chart 4 Greater New York Hospital Association 170456 A Complete Ranking of all 492 Lobby Air Transport Association of America & Air Transport Assoc. 166050 Interests Neighborhood Small Business Association 165125 Searchable Database Kaufman Astoria Studios 157970 For Internet Explorer Browsers Home Depot 135128

Alphabetical List National Association of Securities Dealers 123796 of all 492 Lobby Interests Muss Development Co 121021 Hotel Association of New York City, Inc. 114000

NYPIRG International Airport Center/s/LLC 106537 9 Murray Street New York, NY 10007 New York City Partnership & Chamber of Commerce 101803 (212) 3496460 Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation 97500 Office of the City Clerk Bertelsmann Inc. 96222 Room 265 Municipal Building Port Authority of New York & New Jersey 95000 1 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007 Independent Pay Phone Association of New York 90000 (212) 669 - 8171. Bell Atlantic (NY Telephone Co.) 85000 Metropolitan Taxi Cab Board of Trade 84000 Long Island University 82500 Mattone Group & Mattone Group - Jamaica 81184

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Anheuser Busch Companies 81000 Raytheon Infrastructure Services, Inc. 79200 Multis State-Hewlett Packard 79166 SCI Eastern Region, Inc 78000 Philip Morris Management Corp. 76272 Times Square Studios Limited 75953 Community Preservation Corporation 75700 United Food and Commercial workers 75250 Rose Associates 74694 New York Metropolitan Retail Association 73719 Denihan Company 73610 Peerless Importers/Inc. 72845 Charmer Industries, Inc. 72000 League of American Theatres and Producers, Inc. 72000 SMACNA of Long Island 70000 Ferry Point Partners 68871 Davidoff & Malito, LLP 65000 De Vry Inc. 63000 Infilco Degremont, Inc. 63000 General Contractors Association of New York Inc. 62500 Mount Sinai Medical Center 61800 District Coundil 37 61524 Legal Aid Society of the City of New York & L.A.S. Civil 60161 Division HBO 60139 Telebeam Telecommunications Corp. & Telebeam 60021 Construction Industry United 60000 TDI Transportation Displays Inc 60000 Plaza Construction 60000 New York Outdoor Group 60000 Perez Interboro Asphalt Co., Inc. 60000 Outdoor Systems Inc. 60000 Peoples Telephone Co., Inc 60000 Kalikow Organization 60000 American Airlines 60000 New York City School Construction Authority 60000 Roundabout on the New 42nd Street 60000 Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce 60000

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Fordham Renaissance Associates 60000 ECDC Environmental LC 56850 Time Warner Cable/Time Warner Cable of NYC 55838 Fashion Institute of Technology 55500 Schwartzberg and Associates 55000 United Federation of Teachers 54632 National Promotions & Advertising Inc. 54000 Castle Senior Living, LLC 54000 Social Service Workers¹ Union Local 371 54000 130 Watts St. Condominium 52760 New York Association for Taxi Safety 52500 MSDW 745 52460 American Heart Association 52066 Cashpoint Network Services, Inc. 51507 Coalition for the Homeless 50393 New School for Social Research 50000 American Cancer Society 50000 Feldman, Ziel 50000 Browning Ferris Industries 50000 Intrepid Museum Foundation 50000 New York Bus Service 49500 Metropolitan Museum of Art 49000 City Center of Music and Drama, Inc 48500 Shaya B. Developers/Inc 48402 Chelsfield USA 48000 Park Summit Realty Corp. 48000 All Metro Health Care 48000 Yorkville Towers Associates 48000 Transport Workers¹ Union Local 100 48000 Local 2507 New York City Emergency Medical Service 48000 New York City Marshals¹ Association 48000 Council on Biomedical Research 48000 Kolel Beth Yechiel Mechil of Tartikov Inc. 45000 Wythe Gardens 45000 Arthur Building Systems, Inc. 45000 Nextlink 45000 Burness Communications 45000 Related Companies 44032 http://www.nypirg.org/spenders/chart4.html 01/10/2003 The Big Apple’s Big Spenders Page 4 of 14

Doctors Council 42000 City Spec - Unflat & Perotto Assoc., Inc. 42000 Macerich Company - Queens Center 41110 Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. 40620 Price Costco 40504 Hearst Corporation 40085 Fifth Avenue Association 40000 Trans World Airlilnes, Inc 40000 New York Junior Tennis League, Inc. 40000 Eldridge Street Project 40000 MP Partners of Brooklyn, LLC 40000 Sollar, Arnold 40000 Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market 40000 Adshel Inc. 39997 LHL Properites & LHL Realty Co 39823 NYS Association for Affordable Housing 39750 New York Academy of Medicine 39000 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. 37610 Narrows Development, LLC 36138 Amboy Neighborhood Center 36000 Bluestone Organization 36000 Winking Group, LLC 36000 Legal Services New York Inc. 36000 Teamsters Local 237 36000 Cisco Systems 36000 Dell Computer 36000 St. Francis College 36000 Compaq Computer Corporation 35000 National Elevator Industry Inc. 35000 New York Association of Consulting Engineers 35000 Uniformed Firefighters Association 33000 Local 891 International Union of Operating Engineers 32500 Federal Express 32476 M & T Pretzel, Inc 32000 145 Hudson Street Associates 32000 Prestige Properties 30980 Bernstein Liltowitz Berger & Grossman 30000 Truth in Pricing Coalition/TD> 30000 http://www.nypirg.org/spenders/chart4.html 01/10/2003 The Big Apple’s Big Spenders Page 5 of 14

Creative Arts Team 30000 Neighborhood Cleaners Association 30000 Starrett City, Inc. 30000 Endico Potatoes 30000 JC Decaux 30000 New York Oil Heating - Metropolitan Energy Council 30000 New York & Atlantic Railway 30000 Brooklyn Sports Foundation 30000 Storage Technology 30000 Sun Micro Computer 30000 Self Help Community Services 30000 Check Cashers Association of New York 30000 Harper Avenue Development Corp 30000 379 Fifth Avenue Realty Corp. 29773 Mobil Oil Corporation 29448 Solow Management Company 29072 Pile Foundation Construction Co., Inc. 29038 Avis, Inc 28338 Reed Marc, Inc. 28243 Gerald Hirsch Water Management Co., Inc 28000 NCWL Development, LLC 28000 Village Center for Care 28000 Rent Stabilization Association of NY, Inc. 28000 Small Business Congress 27650 Interstate Materials Corp. 27500 Gap Inc. 27411 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 27160 EDS - Electronic Data Systems 27000 Victim Services 27000 Limousine Association of New York 27000 Hiro Real Estate 27000 Manhattan Theatre Club 27000 Forkosh, Alex 26627 Schleifer, Jack P. 26314 Museum of American Folk Art 26000 Philips Analytical Division of Philips Electrons NA 25500 Primary Care Development Corp. 25210 Brewran West Associates 25065 http://www.nypirg.org/spenders/chart4.html 01/10/2003 The Big Apple’s Big Spenders Page 6 of 14

Williamson, Picket and Gross 25000 Queens Borough Public Library 25000 Cultural Institutions Group 25000 Wheelabrator Environmental System - Waste Management 25000 Touro College 24498 NYC Newsstand Operators Association 24231 Pier 41 24000 Essex Capital Partners, Ltd. 24000 Riverside South Planning Corp. 24000 Bay Casino LLC 24000 Associated Staff Builders, Inc. 24000 Care Plus Health Plan 24000 Globe Manufacturing Co. 24000 Lion Apparel 24000 Citizens¹ Committee for Children of New York, Inc. 24000 Plumbing Foundation City of New York, Inc. 24000 New York Nightlife Association 24000 Peoplesoft U.S.A. Inc. 24000 AT&T Corp. 24000 Building Trades Employers Association 24000 Key Food Stores Co-Op Inc. 24000 Jamaica Bus, Inc. 22668 Triboro Coach Corp. 22659 TAM Restaurant Inc. 22500 Hopkins, Raymond 22500 Metromedia Fiber Network Inc 22181 Waste Management of New York/LLC 22104 Trust for Public Land 22000 Brooklyn Resource Recovery, Inc. 20002 Fairmont Capital 20000 Family Center Association 20000 Shopco Advosory Corp. 20000 Prime Care 20000 62-64 Mulberry Street Corp. 20000 Urban Health Plan, Inc. 20000 Thermo Energy Corp. 20000 Sequoia Pacific Voting Equipment, Inc. 20000 Rosenshein Associates 20000 http://www.nypirg.org/spenders/chart4.html 01/10/2003 The Big Apple’s Big Spenders Page 7 of 14

Columbia Grammar & Prepatory School 19965 MCI World Com 19560 Museum of Modern Art 19473 American Medical Alert Corp. 18999 Quadrozzi Concrete Corp. 18777 2010 Seventh Avenue Co. 18381 Horace Mann Barnard School 18340 Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bialey Combin. Shows, Inc. 18000 Taxicab Service Association 18000 SL Green Real Estate 18000 Callen-Lorde Community Health Center 18000 Education & Assistance Corp. 18000 Borg-Warner Protective Services 18000 Communication Workers of America Local 1182 18000 Council of New York Cooperative 18000 Reise Organization 17712 New York Stock Exchange 17580 New York Botanical Gardens 17500 Brooklyn Hospital Center 17293 Yeshiva of the Telshe Alumni 17102 American Museum of Natural History 17085 Arker Companies 17000 Sports and Arts in Schools Foundation 17000 Green Bus Lines, Inc. 16998 Firecom, Inc. 16874 Jetro Cash-and-Carry 16800 Single Room Housing Association 16500 Dreyfuss Corporation 16469 Cablevision Systems New York City Corp. 15970 Related Retail Corporation 15195 Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York 15000 Project Return Foundation, Inc. 15000 Metropolitan Athletics Congress, Inc. 15000 Daewoo 845 UN LLC 15000 Riverside Church 15000 Rena Holding Corp. 15000 East Side Inn 16000 Project Renewal 15500 http://www.nypirg.org/spenders/chart4.html 01/10/2003 The Big Apple’s Big Spenders Page 8 of 14

Carter Management Corp. 14807 Working Today 14400 Riverdale Country Day School 14095 Union of Needletrades, Industrial & Textile Employees 14000 Alliance of Resident Theatres New York 13857 Village Voice Publishing Corporation 13500 Perlbinder, Mark 13498 Barnes & Noble 13419 Artists Alliance, Inc. 13199 Rein Corp. 13162 Atlantic Realty Trust 13097 Action Committee for Reasonable Real Estate Taxes 13000 Supersonic Electronics, Inc. 12500 Montgomery Ward & Co 12500 Advanced Drainage Systems 12500 New York Yankees 12487 Kohen, Andrew 12327 Structuretone, Inc. 12248 AFC Enterprises, Inc. 12000 Hospital Audiences 12000 New York Interior Demolition Inc. 12000 Yonkers Contracting Co., Inc. 12000 ARCORP Properties 12000 Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater NY 12000 IBEW Local #3 (Communications Electricians) 12000 Bruce Brickman-Liberty Associates 11703 Workmen¹s Circle Home & Infirmary 11646 Rite Aid of New York, Inc 11500 American Petroleum Institute (API) 11500 Hudson Waterfront Associates, LP 11199 Brooklyn Institute of Arts & Sciences 11135 Rienzo & Sons Corp 11000 Connor Land Corporation, Inc 11000 St. Barnabas Hospital 11000 B & L Management 10830 Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York 10800 Real Estate Board of New York 10796 Brooklake Associates 10750 http://www.nypirg.org/spenders/chart4.html 01/10/2003 The Big Apple’s Big Spenders Page 9 of 14

Gottlieb, William Real Estate 10500 Cognet Corp. 10500 CBS Corporation 10500 Bill Wolf Petroleum Corp. 10493 Rudin Mtg. Co., Inc. 10130 Command Bus Co. Inc 10008 DSR Construction Co, LLC 10000 PROPCO Mgt. Inc. 10000 Max Capital Management Corp. 10000 Netscape Communication Corp. 10000 Association of Neighborhood Serivce Vendors 10000 Metropolitan Parking Association 9999 Seafarers International Union 9900 Ensemble Studio Theatre 9684 United Jewish Appeal - Fed. of Jewish Phil. of NY Inc. 9653 St Vincent¹s Hospital & Medical Center of NY 9500 Metro Care Givers, Inc. - Metro Care Home Service, Inc. 9375 Queen of Hearts Cruises Inc. 9000 Volunteers of America 9000 Heritage Trails New York 9000 River Center LLC 9000 Tivoli Gardens Inc. 9000 Harper Development Corp. 8461 Assaf, Victor 8404 Montefiore Medical Center - Weiler Div. & Children¹s Medical 8380 Ctr. Insltuform Metropolitan, Inc. 8375 Pier 40 Operating LLC 8250 New York Shakespeare Festival 8150 Sheehan, Joseph E. 8000 Durst Buildings Corp. 8000 Pfizer Inc. 7911 34th Street Partnership - Bryant Park Restoration 7701 Brooklyn Academy of Music 7687 Community Service Society 7599 American Museum of the Moving Image 7598 Clemenza, Anthony 7483 Whitestone Development 7478

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Tascher, Marc 7445 Arete Group-Arete International 7235 Common Cause New York 7172 Ambassador Fuel, Inc. 7080 Marks, Carl & Co., Inc. 7004 Storage USA, Inc. 7000 New 42nd Street, Inc. 7000 Public Parking, Inc. 7000 Push Cart City, Inc. 7000 Target Advertising, Inc. 7000 Chase Manhattan Bank 6900 Lefrak Organization 6805 Macklowe, Harry 6712 Consolidated Edison, Inc. and its subsidiaries 6657 7 Vestry, LLC 6650 ENK Productions 6510 American Plastics Council 6475 Restaurant Saltimbanco-Osteria Del Circo 6398 Environmental Solutions 6303 Merchants NY 6290 Inside Boadway 6250 Citizens Union 6180 L & M Development LLC 6000 Five Boro Electrical Contractors Assoc 6000 Gloria Wise Boys & Girls Club 6000 Fire Alarm Dispatchers Benevolent Association 6000 555 West 25th Street Associates 5940 Jazz at Lincoln Center 5912 Avalon Bay Communities 5800 Manhattan East Suite Hotels 5750 Capital Advertising, Inc 5675 New York Public Interest Research Group, Inc. 5634 Worth, Catherine 5558 Benenson Capital Co 5289 Milos, Inc 5202 Malba Association 5047 14-22 Leonard Associates LLC 5010 Food Industry Alliance of NYS, Inc. 5000 http://www.nypirg.org/spenders/chart4.html 01/10/2003 The Big Apple’s Big Spenders Page 11 of 14

Basha, Aaron 5000 Parkview Restaurant Group - NY., LLC 5000 R & D General Construction Inc. 5000 Kennith Cole Productions, Inc. 5000 Telergy Metro, LLC 5000 Murray & Gaunt Partners 4800 Waterside Estates at Cresthaven, LLC 4650 Asia Society 4607 Asphalt Green, Inc 4532 Central Parking System 4470 Amoco Petroleum Products 4446 Gotham Organizations, Inc. 4389 92nd Street Y 4286 Ponte Equities 4225 United Water Services 4200 Sherwood 34 Associates 4000 Atlantic Development Corp. LLC 3999 Meyers Parking System, Inc. 3853 Newmark & Co, Real Estate, Inc. 3835 142 Duane Street Owners Corp. 3812 22-50 Jackson Avenue Associates, L.P. 3780 Sherwood Equities, Inc. 3750 340 West, LLC 3750 New York State Trial Lawyers Association 3704 Peg-Park LLC 3625 Milstein Properties Corp. 3600 Soho Greene Associates, LLC 3591 Expressway Arcade Corp 3527 Cyclone Coasters, Inc. 3520 Bowery Bay Realty 3500 The City Project 3500 Mahta, Hemant 3481 Christies-Rockefeller Center 3410 Iberia Road Markings Corp 3405 Hines GS Properties, Inc 3313 9th & 10th Street, LLC 3250 Picket, Ronald 3162 10 Gold LLC 3095 http://www.nypirg.org/spenders/chart4.html 01/10/2003 The Big Apple’s Big Spenders Page 12 of 14

Carematriz Corp 3007 Johnson & Johnson 3000 Bally¹s Health & Tennis Corp 3000 42 West 18th Street Realty, Inc. 3000 Emerald Trading Internationale, Ltd. 3000 Amusement & Music Owners Assoc. Of NY (AMOA) 3000 Four Times Square Associates, LLC 3000 Bay Casino 3000 Brooklyn Conservatory of Music 3000 Planned Parenthood of New York City 3000 Cedomir Mara - Kierco, Inc 2877 Schulweiss Realty 2862 Jim Henson Company 2760 11-17 Second Avenue Tenants 2723 Brooklyn Renaissnace Hotel LLC 2700 Edison Parking 2600 Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, Co. 2565 Optima Develpoers, Inc 2500 Two Lincoln Square Associates, LLC 2500 Berman, Louis H 2450 Jack Resnick & Sons 2400 Tamarkin Company/LLC 2394 1633 Broadway Mars Restaurant Corp. 2295 Alexander¹s Inc. 2275 Meringoff Properties 2227 Washington Market Comm. Park Inc. 2222 City Waste Services Inc 2205 Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen, Local Union 1, AFL-CIO 2187 Triport International 2080 Trinity Church - Duarte Square 2080 New York Law School 2074 Kings Harbor View Associates 2000 Omri, Edward 2000 Council on the Arts & Humanities for Staten Island 2000 Queens County Builders & Contractors Assoc. 2000 North Moore Tower 1947 Whitney Museum 1900 Socrates Sculpture Park 1875 http://www.nypirg.org/spenders/chart4.html 01/10/2003 The Big Apple’s Big Spenders Page 13 of 14

621 West 48th LLC 1849 Art Store Inc. 1770 Hughes Communications Satellite Services 1700 Hebrew Home for the Aged 1680 Krasdale Foods, Inc, 1670 Broadway Hall of Fame 1642 Vector Media, LLC 1566 Zabar, Eli 1527 Hospital for Special Surgery 1463 Full Spectrum Building & Development 1456 American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 1526 New York Building Congress 1500 Goldman Properties - 92-94 Greene St & 110 Greene St. 1500 Plaza Materials Co 1212 Fahnestock¹s Co. 1190 Friends of West 91st Street 1180 Corcoran Jennison Companies 1114 Corporate Express 1078 60 Greene Realty, LLC 1051 Dahesh Museum 1000 Cablevision Lightpath, Inc 994 2955 Shell Associates, LP 980 Lehrer McGovern Bovis, Inc 935 Empire State Development Corp. 907 Vornado Realty Trust 905 Natural Resources Defense Council Inc. (NRDC) 879 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center 858 Swig Burris Equities 850 Tenants & Neighbors 848 Institute of Scrap Recycling Ind., NY Chapter 840 Pepsi Cola Bottling Co. 784 Singer Financial Group 775 Progress of Peoples Development Corp 750 17th Street HDFC 639 New York Bankers Association 500 Tennisport, Inc. 500 Davel Communications 485 Global Network Communications 485 http://www.nypirg.org/spenders/chart4.html 01/10/2003 The Big Apple’s Big Spenders Page 14 of 14

Phone Management Enterprises, Inc 485 Teletech 485 William 68 LLC 430 World-Wide Holdings Corp 402 Garage Restaurant & Cafe 400 King David Enterprises, Inc. 350 United Assoc. Plumbing & Pipefitting Ind.Local 1, US & CA, 350 AFL-CIO Westbeth Corp. HDFC, Inc. 300 2182 Broadway LLC 227 Federal Jeans 207 Yoselovsky, Lee 175 Harlem River Yards Ventures, Inc. 108 J.C. Duggan, Inc. 88 AOI Waterproofing, Inc. 82 Yeshivah of Flatbush 70 Mason Tenders Dist. Council of Greater NY & LI 1

Note: The totals for the Chart above are taken from the quarterly dollar breakdowns in the Clerk's 1999 Lobbyist Annual Report. These figures add up to $12,699,471. The Clerk reports the total dollar amount for this period to be $12,709,431. We have been unable to account for this small discrepancy.

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