What CMW Strategies does

CMW Strategies is a privately held, full-service government relations and lobbying firm founded in 1988 and headquartered in the Woolworth Building in Lower Manhattan. The firm represents clients before New York City and New York State government, providing legislative lobbying, budget advocacy, procurement support, regulatory navigation (including ULURP, BSA, and LPC processes), coalition-building, and community engagement services. The firm is led by Founder and Managing Partner Michael C. Woloz alongside Partner Danna M. DeBlasio and Managing Director Regina Poreda Ryan, with a team of principals, senior advisors, and specialists whose backgrounds include the NYC Council, NYS Assembly, and the Bloomberg, Giuliani, and Dinkins mayoral administrations.

The firm operates across six practice verticals: Arts, Culture & Education; Nonprofits & Social Services; Corporate, Healthcare & Technology; Real Estate; Transportation; and Energy & Environmental. Named clients span major cultural institutions (American Museum of Natural History, MoMA, Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Public Theater, The Frick Collection, Queens Library), real estate developers and owners (Vornado Realty Trust, Tishman Speyer, AvalonBay Communities, Hines, RFR Holdings, Starrett City Associates), transportation technology companies (Waymo, Bird, Instacart), large corporations (Verizon, Accenture, Cisco Systems), and social-services nonprofits (No Kid Hungry, The Legal Aid Society). The firm has consistently been recognized as a top-ten lobbying firm by the New York City County Clerk's Office for over a decade.

CMW's business model is professional services-based, generating revenue through custom, multi-year engagements scoped to client needs in legislative advocacy, budget lobbying, and procurement. The go-to-market is consultative and relationship-driven, with senior leadership and principals directly engaged with enterprise and institutional clients. The firm has no disclosed technology platform, API, or software product, and does not disclose revenue. Distribution is direct, with no intermediaries or resellers.

Name

CMW Strategies

Legal name

CMW Strategies

Website

https://cmw.nyc

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

CMW Strategies is a New York City-based government relations and lobbying firm, founded in 1988, that provides legislative, budget, and procurement advocacy to arts, nonprofit, real estate, transportation, corporate, and healthcare clients before New York City and State government.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Lobbying and Government Relations Services: CMW Strategies generates revenue through professional lobbying and government relations consulting services. The firm represents clients in legislative, budget, and policy advocacy at New York City and New York State government levels. Services include budget lobbying, legislative lobbying, procurement lobbying, coalition-building, community engagement, and strategic planning.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CMW Strategies is a full-service government relations and lobbying firm providing legislative lobbying, budget advocacy, procurement lobbying, coalition-building, and community engagement services at the New York City and New York State levels. The firm represents clients across multiple sectors including arts, culture, education, nonprofits, social services, transportation, energy, environmental, corporate, healthcare, technology, and real estate, helping them secure government funding, win contracts, and navigate complex regulatory processes.

Product overview

CMW Strategies is a full-service government relations and lobbying firm offering strategy, legislative lobbying, budget advocacy, and procurement lobbying services at the New York City and State levels. The firm operates across six service sectors: Arts, Culture & Education; Nonprofits & Social Services; Corporate, Healthcare & Technology; Real Estate; Transportation; and Energy & Environmental. Services include coalition-building, community engagement, and issue campaign development. The company does not offer a software product or platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Government Relations & Lobbying Services Full-service lobbying and strategy firm providing legislative lobbying, budget advocacy, and procurement lobbying at the city and state levels in New York.
• Arts, Culture & Education Advocacy Government relations services for cultural and educational institutions, securing capital and expense funding for museums, performing arts organizations, and education nonprofits.
• Nonprofit & Social Services Lobbying Advocacy and government relations support for nonprofit organizations including expense and capital budget strategies, securing government funding, and building strategic partnerships with government.
• Corporate, Healthcare & Technology Lobbying Government relations support including procurement, legislative lobbying, and strategic opportunities for technology, healthcare, entertainment, and advertising companies.
• Real Estate Government Relations Lobbying and advocacy for real estate firms, including assistance with ULURP, BSA, and LPC processes, coalition-building, and navigating city agencies.
• Transportation Policy & Advocacy Transportation policy lobbying for traditional industries and emerging technology companies, including micro-mobility, car-sharing, autonomous vehicles, and EV infrastructure.
• Energy & Environmental Advocacy Environmental lobbying and sustainability advocacy, including solar photovoltaic projects, clean energy goals, and connecting environmental leaders with government stakeholders.

Quantifiable outcome

• Secured hundreds of millions of dollars in capital and expense funding for clients
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Car-share companies and NYCHAminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDanna DeBlasio created a public-private partnership between car-share companies and NYCHA (New York City Housing Authority)

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Manatt: Manatt is an established professional-services firm with government and regulatory affairs capabilities. It overlaps with CMW in public-policy strategy and government relations but serves a much broader range of legal, consulting, and industry clients.
• Dentons: Dentons is a global law and professional-services firm with government affairs and public-policy capabilities. It overlaps with CMW in regulatory and government strategy but is much larger, multidisciplinary, and geographically diversified.
• Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies: Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies combines government relations, public affairs, lobbying, and strategic communications within a larger national firm. It is comparable in advocacy and stakeholder engagement but offers a substantially wider service and geographic footprint.
• Mercury: Mercury is a national public affairs and strategic communications firm with government-relations capabilities. It overlaps with CMW in public-sector strategy and stakeholder engagement, though it is broader and less focused on New York lobbying.

Direct peers

• Tusk Strategies: Tusk Strategies provides government affairs, lobbying, and strategic advisory services with a strong New York presence. Its relationship-driven model and legislative, regulatory, and procurement capabilities closely resemble CMW's core activities.
• Cornerstone Government Affairs: Cornerstone Government Affairs is a specialized state-level lobbying and government relations firm. Its core advocacy, coalition-building, and policy-monitoring services are directly comparable, although its footprint is broader than CMW's New York concentration.
• Bolton-St. Johns: Bolton-St. Johns is a New York-focused government relations and lobbying firm serving public- and private-sector clients. Its city and state advocacy work closely overlaps CMW's core offering and client base.
• Kasirer LLC: Kasirer is a New York government relations and lobbying firm known for work with major institutions, corporations, and nonprofits. It is directly comparable in relationship-led city and state advocacy.
• The Parkside Group: The Parkside Group is a New York government relations firm advising organizations on legislative, regulatory, budget, and procurement matters. Its local focus and service mix make it a close regional competitor to CMW.
• Brown & Weinraub: Brown & Weinraub is a New York government relations firm with particular strength in state-level advocacy. It is comparable to CMW because both advise clients on New York legislation, budgets, regulatory issues, and government funding.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cmw-newyork
• Xx.com/CMWNewYork

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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