Lobbyists' Fundraising and Political Consulting Reports

7arw-dbemCity Government24 columns

This dataset contains information from Fundraising and Political Consulting reports that lobbyists, individuals or organizations hired to influence government officials, are legally required to file. Fundraising reports include: (1) the solicitation or collection of campaign contributions for candidates for Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, Borough President, or City Council; or (2) solicitation or collection of campaign contributions for any City public servant running for any office at any level (city, state, or federal.) Political Consulting reports include any lobbyist who receives compensation to provide political advice to any of the above listed offices. Definitions of all of these terms and the requirements for reporting are contained in sections § 3-211 - § 3-223 of the New York City Administrative Code</a.

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Quality

A94.7 / 100

From a 445-row sample across 23 columns.

completeness100/ 25% weight

consistency78/ 20% weight

accuracy96/ 20% weight

timeliness100/ 15% weight

usability100/ 20% weight

· Has geographic keys — joinable to other NYC datasets

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Geography

Has zip codes (`zip`) — joinable, but needs boundary shapes to draw.

Sample rows

report_id	filing_year	filing_period	period_start_date	period_end_date	report_type	entity_name	street_address	city	state	zip	phone
433602	2020	4	2020-07-01T00:00:00.000	2020-08-31T00:00:00.000	Fundraising	James F. Capalino & Associates, Inc.	233 Broadway, Suite 710	New York	NY	10007	2126165810
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Columns

24 queryable · 24 profiled

The machine field names SoQL needs, with the publisher's own description of each.

Field	Type	Description	Null	Values
`report_id`	text	Number to identify the report	0%	`455318520777610595`
`filing_year`	categorical	Year the report was filed	0%	`202120232025`of 7
`filing_period`	categorical	Reporting period when the report was filed	0%	`321`of 6
`period_start_date`	datetime	—	0%	`2021-05-01T00:00:00.0002021-01-01T00:00:00.0002021-03-01T00:00:00.000`

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