Adriano Espaillat
Representative · D-NY-13
OverviewMoney & Influence
5 former staff now lobby Espaillat's office.
Former employees have moved to lobbying firms connected to this member's work.
$339K raised$1136 avg donation63% from NY5 former staff → lobbyists
Key Findings
5 former staff now work as lobbyists
Former employees have transitioned to the lobbying industry.
64% of money comes from large donors (>$1,000)
A significant share of funding comes from major individual donors.
63% of donations come from NY
The majority of funding comes from within the member's home state.
Low committee-donor overlap
PAC funding shows minimal connection to industries regulated by this member's committee.
How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
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How Does Money Flow Through Congress?
An interactive guide to the influence pipeline
How It Works
The Influence Pipeline
How money flows to — and through — Adriano Espaillat's office.
01
The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
02
The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
03
The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
04
⚖️
The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
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🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
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The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
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The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
The cycle repeats.
01
The Company
A corporation wants a law passed or blocked.
02
The PAC
Direct donations are illegal. So employees pool money into a Political Action Committee.
03
The Target
PACs fund members on committees that regulate their industry.
04
⚖️
The Committee
These committees write the laws that affect the donor's business.
05
🚪
The Revolving Door
Former staff become lobbyists for the same industries that fund their old boss.
06
📋
The Lobbying
Those lobbyists push specific bills before their former colleagues.
07
🗳️
The Vote
Your representative votes — and the pattern is clear.
The cycle repeats.
Follow the Money
Top individual donor: Goris, Jose from NJ ($14K). Education is the largest PAC sector at $131K from 50 PACs.
Industry PACs
$405KWhich sectors fund this member
Leadership PACs
$41KHow much power this member brokers
Liberty-libertad Pac
Raised: $28KSpent: $11K
Liberty-libertad Pac
Raised: $3KSpent: $11K
Liberty-libertad Pac
Raised: $11KSpent: $455
Liberty-libertad Pac
Raised: $0Spent: $0
Top Individual Donors
$1.8MNamed people writing checks
Goris, Jose↗$14K
NJ · Physician · 3xNY · Newyork-presbyterian · 4x
Gagliardi, Paul↗$14K
NY · Flair Beverages Corp. · 4xOzuah, Philip↗$14K
NY · Montefiore · 4xNY · Columbia University · 4x
Thorpe, Allen↗$14K
NY · Hellman & Friedman · 4x
Espaillat
Committee assignments
Votes Cast by Policy Area
Congress
902
Economics and Public Finance
649
Armed Forces and National Security
468
Government Operations and Politics
313
International Affairs
290
Finance and Financial Sector
204
The Revolving Door
Todd B. Sloves — legislative director → Aicpa Association Of International Certified Professional Accountants↗(7 filings)
Mark A. Howell — legislative counsel assistant → Ascension Health Alliance D/b/a Ascension; American Hospital Association↗(4 filings)
Deep Dive
How we built this & what it doesn't prove
- • Donor data from FEC filings (9.47M individual contributions)
- • Voting records from Congress.gov roll call data
- • Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings
- • Staff employment from House disbursement records
Correlation between donations and votes does not prove causation. Members may vote in alignment with donors because they share genuine policy beliefs, not because of financial influence. We present the connections — you decide what they mean.