Lobbying Insider

In this episode Host Zack Fink speaks with Keith Wright , current Chair of the Manhattan Democratic Party and Director for Strategic Planning at Davidoff Hutcher and Citron. Keith has been around politics his entire life and continues to live in Harlem where he was born and raised. He also represented his community in the New York State Assembly for more than two decades. The podcast covers the po...

In this episode, Host Zack Fink speaks with Steve Malito , Partner, and Chair of the NYS Government Relations practice in Albany, and Nicole L. Weingartner , Director of State Government Affairs; also known on Instagram as “The Long Island Lobbyist” sit down to discuss Governor Hochul’s upcoming State of the State Address taking place in early January. The annual speech kicks off the new legislati...

In this episode, Host Zack Fink speaks with Carlo Scissura , CEO of the New York Building Congress , and Lou Coletti , former President of the Building Trades Employers’ Association , who is now a Senior Adviser in Davidoff Hutcher and Citron’s Construction , Real Estate and Government Relations practices. Both guests bring decades of experience to the discussion which covers some of the major hou...

Lobbying Insider Episode 102 : A Bitter Pill for the Lenox Hill Neighborhood Host, Zack Fink sat down with Andy Gaspar and Stephanie Reckler, two of the board members from The Committee to Protect Our Lenox Hill Neighborhood (CPOLHN) to discuss their opposition to Northwell Health’s proposal to renovate and expand Lenox Hill Hospital. In this episode, we explore some of the key opposition issues C...

Lobbying Insider Episode 103: Litigation & Lobbying – Getting Real Estate Deals Unstuck  Host, Zack Fink uncovers two fascinating real estate deals on the upper east side of Manhattan where DHC Government Relations group partnered with its Commercial Litigation team to find successful resolutions for two clients with complex real estate deals that involved city government and the MTA. Joining...

Zack Fink, Davidoff Hutcher & Citron’s Director of External Affairs and moderator of DHC's Lobbying Insider podcast, gives a recap of the Somos Inc. Annual Conference* which took place in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Somos Inc. is a who's who in government and politics from New York City and New York State. Zack is joined by two guests from the Davidoff Hutcher & Citron law firm, Assoc...