Lobbying in Albany is big business and it got bigger this year.
Spending by 3,271 clients on their lobbying from 5,357 lobbyist increased from $151 million to $171.2 million this year.
The big spending sectors:
Health and Mental Health Organization $26.7 million
Real Estate and Construction $21.3 million
Education $13.2 million
Corporations spending the most:
Verizon $3.2 million
Trustees of Columbia University $2.2 million
New York State United Teachers Union $2.1 million
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"A government big enough to give you everything you want,
is big enough to take away everything you have"
Thomas Jefferson
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