Oaktree Solutions Named to City & State’s 2025 Top New York Lobbyists

Matthew A. Quinonez
October 2, 2025
City & State recognizes Oaktree Solutions: Ariel Palitz, Onida Coward Mayers, and Jeff Lewis as Top Lobbyists.

New York, NY – Oaktree Solutions is one of New York’s top lobbying and strategy firms, according to an analysis by City & State Magazine, which releasing its list of the state's fifty top firms earlier this week.

Members of Oaktree’s team, including Chief Government Affairs Officer Onida Coward Mayers, Managing Director for Hospitality Industry and Intergovernmental Affairs Ariel Palitz, and Managing Director for Policy and Strategy Jeff Lewis were recognized for their effectiveness in delivering impactful results for clients throughout the state.

Highlighted was Oaktree’s work in supporting its clients across technology, cultural, energy, real estate and housing, and non-profits, including:

·        Supporting Destination Tomorrow’s launch of Ace’s Place, the nation’s first transgender homeless shelter and New York City’s first stand-alone facility for the transgender and gender-non conforming community;

·        Securing millions in financing for affordable housing across New York;

·        Successfully negotiating with insurance providers to recoup hundreds of thousands for a leading Brooklyn reproductive health care provider; and,

·        Stewarding a show-stopping Tommy Hilfiger Formula 1 film activation at the Met Gala.

This comes after amNY and PoliticsNY recognized Oaktree Chief Executive Officer Anthony Carone and Chief Government Affairs Officer Onida Coward Mayers as #PowerPlayers in Public Relations & Lobbying just one week earlier.

Read City & State here.

Ready amNY’s Power Players here.

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