Manhattan NIMBY group asked to disclose donors
Manhattan NIMBY group asked to disclose donors
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A not-for-profit organization formed as a “not in my back yard” (NIMBY) group to oppose a transfer station in Manhattan may be required to more fully disclose its backers and donors.
According to an online column on the Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ) website, the state of New York’s Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) has asked the NIMBY group Pledge 2 Protect to disclose donors beyond the one law firm listed in its disclosure filings.
According to Los Angeles-based consultant and NPQ contributor Larry Kaplan, JCOPE’s request is tied to an ethics reform law passed in New York in 2011 that requires issue-oriented groups to disclose all donors of $5,000 or more.
Pledge 2 Protect was formed in 2013 with a mission of opposing a waterfront waste transfer station proposed for Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
According to Kaplan, the group has “close ties” to real estate development and management firm Glenwood Management, which he says has traditionally been a supporter and donor to campaigns for current New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.
Kaplan says Pledge 2 Protect has raised and spent more than $1 million in its effort to persuade the administration of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to cancel the marine transfer station project.
Currently, the transfer station is on track to be located in a block between E. 91st and E 92nd Streets in Manhattan. Although activists were not successful in halting construction of the transfer station, they did succeed in moving the entrance away from the Asphalt Green recreational area.
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Source: Recycling Today
Manhattan NIMBY group asked to disclose donors
<![CDATA[A not-for-profit organization formed as a “not in my back yard” (NIMBY) group to oppose a transfer station in Manhattan may be required to more fully disclose its backers and donors. According to an online column on the Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ) website, the state of New York’s Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) has asked the NIMBY group Pledge 2 Protect to disclose donors beyond the one law firm listed in its disclosure filings. According to Los Angeles-based consultant and NPQ contributor Larry Kaplan, JCOPE’s request is tied to an ethics reform law passed in New York in 2011 that requires issue-oriented groups to disclose all donors of $5,000 or more. Pledge 2 Protect was formed in 2013 with a mission of opposing a waterfront waste transfer station proposed for Manhattan’s Upper East Side. According to Kaplan, the group has “close ties” to real estate development and management firm Glenwood Management, which he says has traditionally been a supporter and donor to campaigns for current New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Kaplan says Pledge 2 Protect has raised and spent more than $1 million in its effort to persuade the administration of New York City Mayor…