Lobbying in New York hit $210 million in 2013--3rd highest total ever

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KEN LOVETT

Special interests spent $210.5 million lobbying state and local governments in 2013,an increase of $5 million over 2012 and the third highest ever total in state history, the state ethics commission revealed in its annual report Thursday.

The record was set in 2011 when lobbying costs hit $220 million. In 2010, the figure was $213 million.

However, a record was set when it came to the $191 million in compensation paid to nearly 6,400 in-house and retained lobbyists, up from the previous record of $179.7 million set in 20121,the Joint Commission On Public Ethics report shows.


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[hrmjustin]

1. second source.

http://www.wgrz.com/story/news/2014/04/03/lobbyists-pay-at-record-high/7282601/