The team at D&A aren’t afraid to take on a challenge

That’s why we’ve been at the forefront of myriad groundbreaking changes in New York. From major issues like marriage equality, casino gaming, medical marijuana and education reform, to niche issues such as local taxation or developement and everything in between, we build strategies designed to make clients succeed.

Below is a small sampling of some of our sucesses

  • Capital Funding

    In recent years we have achieved $25 million and $35 million capital appropriations for CSHL enabling them to construct a state of the art Center for Therapeutics Research and a Neuroscience Research Complex.

  • Siting, Funding & Ticket Reforms

    Our efforts on behalf of the Yankees have included such issues as siting and funding for the new and the ongoing reform of the ticket sale and resale laws.

  • Education Funding

    Over $70M increase in state funding, precedent setting state funding for STEM related programs in all nonpublic schools, browing to in excess of $35 million appropriated to date. New matching program provide $20 million in NYS capital grants for “safety and security projects at nonpublic schools and day camps at risk of hate crimes or attacks because of their ideology, beliefs or mission”.

  • Education Reform & Funding

    We have been working with StudentsFirstNY for several years on behalf of the students of NYS regarding charter school initiatives, funding and education reforms. In addition to the many goals we have achieved for SFNY, we have successfully obtained $100's of millions in increased charter school funding.

  • Entertainment Funding

    We were able to achieve one of the most lucrative film tax credit programs in the country for productions coming out of New York, amounting to $1.2 billion over five years. This program has been wildly successful for our clients and the State of New York. In the 2019-20 enacted state budget we lobbied for and achieved an additional two year extension of the program providing for an additional $840 million dollars in film tax credits.

  • Concussion Management

    We were retained by the NFL to achieve a very targeted goal – the passage of statewide concussion management legislation. This legislation was successfully signed.