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| Alphonse D'Amato |
Former New York Senator Al D'Amato's Park Strategies has signed on to represent Hydro-Quebec.
The New York City-based firm is to build support for the Champlain Hudson Power Express project, which involves construction of a 340-mile underground and underwater transmission line to carry hydropower from the US-Canada border to NYC.
It works for the Government of Quebec-owned power company as a subcontractor to Forbes Tate Partners.
The job is to secure grassroots/grasstops support for CHPE via earned and social media messaging.
D'Amato's firm will pen op-eds, brief reporters, organize virtual editorial board meetings and press roundtables and amplify research supporting H-Q on social media.
The contract began October 13 and runs through January.
Park Strategies received a $10K retainer for October and is in line for a $17,500 retainer from November through January.
Managing directors Ryan Moses and William McGahay handle H-Q.
Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company banned by Defense Secretary Hegseth, has hired Ballard Partners for DC representation.
The Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development enrolls Venable for government relations services.
Coinbase has hired Checkmate Government Relations, which has close ties to the Trump administration, to handle matters related to digital assets as the Senate works on the Clarity Act.
Peter Thiel-backed Palantir Technologies has added Democratic firm Ferox Strategies to its DC lobbying line-up to handle data analytics and technology issues.
Former congressmen Joe Crowley (D-NY) and Jeff Denham (R-CA) have signed on to handle the “new” TikTok on issues related to internet technology and learning-enabled platforms.
