Lobbyist Activity 61% open

New York City, NY

What data is expected?

A complete suite of lobbying data should include information about registration and activity — who is paying lobbyists and, ideally, how much and where money is spent.

For the purposes of the U.S. City Open Data Census, lobbyist activity data should include structured information from the registration and activity reports that lobbyists are required to file: lobbyist information, client information, and descriptions of lobbying activity. Public access to this data is essential for the public to gain insight into the world of municipal influence.

Note: In some cities lobbyist registration data will be seperate from lobbyist activity data. (More info)

  • Lobbyist registration information — including name, contact information, and date of registration
  • Client information — including name and contact information of the individual or firm paying for the lobbyist’s time
  • Description of lobbying activity — including name of the public official lobbied, date contact was made, specific request, decision, or policy discussed

How open is the data?

All answers

Question Answer Comment
Openly licensed No No license attached
Available in bulk No You can get all registrations by year, allowing for a pretty easy bulk scrape.
Up-to-date Yes
Available free online Yes
Available free of charge Yes
In an open format HTML, JSON
findable 4
findable_steps I searched google for "new york city lobbying"
Collected by government Yes
usability 3
collector_name Office of the City Clerk
characteristics Lobbyist registration information — including name, contact information, and date of registration, Client information — including name and contact information of the individual or firm paying for the lobbyist’s time There is detail on the lobbying subjects covered, but not nearly that level of granular detail on the activity and contacts.
location https://bmp.nyc.gov/elobbyist/search - Search of all lobbying reports filed with the city

Meta data

Data location   https://bmp.nyc.gov/elobbyist/search - Search of all lobbying reports filed with the city
Data licence   Unknown
Data format   HTML, JSON
Reviewer   anonymous
Submitters   anonymous
Last modified   Sat Mar 03 2018 19:51:42 GMT+0000 (UTC)