By Ben Kochman and Greg B. Smith
There's never been a better time to lobby City Hall.
Total pay for the Big Apple's lobbyists spiked for the third straight
year — with Mayor de Blasio's longtime pal James Capalino living large
at the top, new data from the city clerk's office shows.
Total compensation for lobbyists was $95.4 million last year — compared
to $86 million in 2015 and far above the $62 million lobbyists earned
in 2013, the last year of the Bloomberg administration.
The mayor said last fall that he would no longer meet with Capalino,
the veteran city hall insider who, among other high-powered clients,
worked with both the original seller and developer of the Rivington
House, a Lower East side nursing side home flipped for luxury condos.
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Source: The New York Daily News (via The Empire Report)
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