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Lobbyist Bi-Monthly and Disbursement of Public Monies Information
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Overview

The Lobbying Act states that any Lobbyist required to file a Statement of Registration for any Client in a biennial period must also file Bi-monthly Reports, regardless of Compensation, Expenses, or Lobbying Activity. This must be done even if no Compensation or Expenses have been paid or incurred; in those situations the Compensation and/or Expense fields should be completed with zeros for the relevant period. 

NOTE: There is NO minimum activity or expenditure threshold requirement for filing any Bi-monthly Report. Consequently, a Bi-monthly Report is required to be field regardless of whether Compensation and Expenses were incurred, received, or expended, or Lobbying Activity was engaged in during the two months covered by the Bi-monthly Report. If the relationship between the Lobbying and Client has terminated, both parties are required to file all required reports by their statutory due dates, reporting all Lobbying Activity up to the effective date of termination. 

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2021 Filing Due Dates

2021-2022 Filing due dates for Lobbyists, Clients and Public Corporations

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Bi-Monthly and DPM Filing Instructions

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    How to Properly Disclose Lobbying Activities Information

    Please reference this document PRIOR to disclosing Lobbying Activities in the Lobbyist Statement of Registration, Lobbyist/Public Corporation Bi-Monthly Report, Disbursement of Public Monies Bi-Monthly Report, and the Client Semi-Annual Report.  Applicable for the 2019-2020 and 2021-2022 Biennial.

    Revised 3/18/2021
     

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    Parties Lobbied for 2019_2020 Filings

    This list provides information for Filers to about specific parties they are lobbying or intend to lobby with regard to the subjects/issues they intend to be or are lobbying on at any given time. The list provides information for both the State and local/municipal level.  Revised 3/8/2019
     

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PDF Forms for 'Paper Filers'

Refer to the instructions prior to completing the applicable form.  

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Lobbying Application Instructions

Instructions for navigating the JCOPE Lobbying Application for online filers.  

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Help-on-Demand Instructional Videos

This video series includes instructions for users on how to file a Lobbyist Bi-Monthly Report, Public Corporation Bi-Monthly Report, and a Disbursement of Public Monies Report. For more information, refer to the written instructions relevant to your situation in the section above.

Filing Lobbyist Bi-Monthly Reports in LA

 

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Filing Public Corporation Bi-Monthly Reports in LA

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Filing Disbursement of Public Monies Reports in LA

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Contact Lobbying Filings Specialist

For technical assistance, or help with registrations, lobbyist bi-monthly reports, client semi-annual reports, and other lobbying-related disclosure forms, the Lobbying line is available from 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, by contacting the phone number or email address below.

 

Contact us by phone:
Hotline - Press '1' to speak to the Lobbying Unit   800-87-Ethics (800-873-8442)
  
Contact us by email:
Mailing Address:

New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics

540 Broadway

Albany, New York 12207

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