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LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
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Address2 | Suite 2300 |
| City | New York |
State | NY |
Zip Code | 10006 |
Country | USA |
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5. Senate ID# 69195-12
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6. House ID# 357690000
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| TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2020 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
| 10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
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| INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
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| Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
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Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
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| Signature | Digitally Signed By: Marguerite Pridgen |
Date | 1/26/2021 5:27:39 PM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HOU
16. Specific lobbying issues
Emails requesting legislative action to increase supportive housing as a solution to justice reform. People with behavioral health and substance use disorders need access to quality treatment not jail. When the police do get involved, they should know how and when to divert people away from the criminal justice system and into systems where helpful and healing services are provided. For those who need more intensive support, Supportive Housing is a proven solution. People with behavioral health and substance use disorders need access to quality treatment not incarceration or punishment. When the police do get involved, they should know how and when to divert people away from the criminal justice system and into systems where helpful and healing services are provided. For those who need more intensive support, Supportive Housing is a proven solution. We estimate that nationwide, rental assistance or housing needs for people with severe substance use and mental health issues is about 101,000 units ($960M in vouchers). Supportive services needs would be $1.1B each year. More data is available on our website and is broken down by state and special population. csh.org/data
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Marguerite |
Pridgen |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
Urged authorizing committees to make permanent The New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) Extension Act of 2019 (H.R. 1680) and to expand and reform the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program.
Permanently extend the NMTC through the bipartisan New Markets Tax Credit Extension Act of 2019 (S.750/H.R. 1680)
Provide an exception from the Alternative Minimum Tax for NMTC investments
Provide an emergency NMTC allocation of $1 billion to be added to the pending 2019 round (for a total of $4.5 billion)
Provide an additional NMTC allocation of $1.5 billion to be added to the 2020 round (for a total of $6.5 billion for 2020), and $1 billion to the 2021 round (for a total of $6 billion for 2021).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Marguerite |
Pridgen |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code HCR
16. Specific lobbying issues
Many older adults and people with severe disabilities shouldnt have to go into nursing homes during the COVID-19 emergency. Many already in nursing homes could be moved into private or supportive housing during the COVID-19 emergency. With the right mix of home and community based services, both of these scenarios can happen. Please make sure the next COVID-19 relief bill includes the following support for older adults and people with disabilities:
1.Indefinite extension of Money Follows the Person-MFP (CARES Act extension ends in November) will allow people in nursing homes to continue to get coverage for healthcare and other services if their families or the nursing home administrators remove them from the nursing home system and place them into noncongregate settings.
2.Emergency vouchers to allow older adults and people with disabilities with limited resources to move out of nursing homes and into private or supportive housing where they can be cared for safely. We recommend a set-aside for older adults in the amount of $2.1B in emergency vouchers; individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, $2.1B in emergency vouchers.
3.Simplify access to FEMA disaster relief. Please add a provision that states that FEMA disaster relief funds may be used to acquire or renovate property for use as noncongregate shelter and healthcare facilities for people transitioning out of congregate settings with no place to go and that states and localities should prioritize these funds for this purpose. FEMAs process for getting the local public health officials and emergency coordinators approval for this activity is cumbersome and is based on the procedure it uses to deal with local natural disasters. COVID-19 is a national health emergency and the justification for noncongregate spaces and social distancing has already been provided by federal public health officials and the public health data. We know that many nursing homes will continue to have major issues despite the Administrations efforts to improve them during the pandemic. Give localities that are still COVID-19 hotspots the opportunity to get these people spaced apart before the Fall round of COVID-19 which is also influenza season-also deadly for this population.
4. Ensuring restorative justice budgets provide for adequate access to health care for returning citizens
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Marguerite |
Pridgen |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
HUD - Set aside for supportive housing in every housing program
HHS - Set aside for supportive services and health care to be provided in supportive housing (establish a SSBG discretionary set-aside)
DOJ - COPS funding only available to jurisdictions with low wrongful conviction rates;
NEW restorative justice block grant to pay for DNA exoneration for prisoners who cannot get state DNA testing approval within 30 days of conviction (state discretionary funds will be reduced by federal funding used for this purpose), compensate innocent people for the harm experienced by wrongful conviction and incarceration and provide supportive services and automatic housing vouchers (or rental assistance) free of charge for a term that matches duration of incarceration for wrongful conviction (housing development/rehabilitation costs provided if housing is not available).
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Marguerite |
Pridgen |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code RES
16. Specific lobbying issues
Ensuring that community development funding, LIHTC, and NMTC in infrastructure proposals are targeted in a manner to significantly reduce disproportionalities and disparities in various systems (csh.org/data)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Marguerite |
Pridgen |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code URB
16. Specific lobbying issues
Allocating community investment appropriations, Low income housing tax credit (LIHTC), and New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) using a Racial Disparities and Disproportionality Index in determining allocation of funding for local government (see csh.org/data and US Census American Community Survey)
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Marguerite |
Pridgen |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code FIN
16. Specific lobbying issues
Allowing Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) to be automatically qualified as administrators of SBA administered programs such as Paycheck Protection Program and community development grants/loans; set-asides for CDFIs to administer G2B and G2C funds in next COVID-19 legislation and beyond
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
| First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Marguerite |
Pridgen |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code CIV
16. Specific lobbying issues
Discretionary fund set-aside in supportive services block grant (SSBG) and National Housing Trust Fund matching funds to work with communities in census tracts most negatively impacted by disproportionalities and disparities in various systems (see csh.org/data) that want career development, affordable housing, healthcare, finance and other services
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. SENATE
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
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Marguerite |
Pridgen |
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
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LOBBYIST UPDATE
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ISSUE UPDATE
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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
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26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
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FOREIGN ENTITIES
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
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