Connelly McLaughlin & Woloz (CMW) is a full service public affairs and consulting firm specializing in strategy, lobbying, coalition building, community organizing and public relations. For more than three decades, we have played a significant role in shaping legislation, initiatives and public opinion throughout multiple city and state administrations, legislative bodies and in the media.CMW is fortunate to have received some of our industry's leading awards and accolades. The New York Times calls us "influential." City and State magazine, a leading publication covering the public affairs industry in New York, called CMW a "go-to public affairs firm" in its 2017 "Power 100" issue. Crain's New York Business listed us among "City Hall's in-crowd of lobbyists."