Disbursement of Public Monies Bi-Monthly Reports: Lobbying Expenses from 2019

Bi-monthly reports filed by lobbyists in New York State when lobbying activities related to the disbursement of public monies exceed $5,000. The data includes columns such as Principal Lobbyist Name, Beneficial Client Name, DPM Expense Purpose, Expense Amount, and Government Body. It is hosted on the data.ny.gov platform via Socrata and covers reporting periods beginning in 2019.

Use Cases

• Analyzing lobbying expenditure trends over time using Reporting Year, Reporting Period, and Expense Amount (from 26 available columns).
• Identifying key lobbyists and their clients using Principal Lobbyist Name, Beneficial Client Name, and Contractual Client Name (from 26 available columns).
• Mapping lobbying targets and purposes using Government Body, DPM Expense Purpose, and Parties Lobbied (from 26 available columns).
• Investigating co-lobbying relationships and expense types using Co-Lobbyist, DPM Expense Type, and Type of Lobbying Relationship (from 26 available columns).

Strengths

• Contains 26 detailed columns covering lobbyists, clients, expenses, and government bodies.
• Data is structured for temporal analysis with Reporting Year and Reporting Period columns.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• License information is unknown, which may restrict certain uses.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov

Collection Method

Mandatory filings by registered lobbyists.

Time Range

Beginning 2019

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 01:23:13; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York State, USA (inferred from data.ny.gov source)