About Us

TLM Associates is a full service strategic planning and government relations firm representing a broad range of individuals, companies and associations. Our focus is on getting critical access to key government decision makers that will produce measurable results.

The firm works closely with New York City government but also represents clients before the State Legislature and State Executive Branch. We have developed relationships with senior decision-makers and elected officials through decades of combined experience both inside and outside government. Equally important, TLM Associates has a working knowledge of how, when and why government decision makers make policy choices. We also understand that success follows commitment and hard work. These principles drive each and every challenge undertaken on behalf of our clients.

Thomas McMahon has worked in senior positions in New York City government for nearly twenty-five years. Most recently, he served as General Counsel to the New York City Council. Prior to that,(2002-2004), Mr. McMahon worked for the New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce as their Senior Vice-President for Government Affairs with responsibility for the business organization’s government affairs agenda in Washington, Albany and New York City. From 1989 through 1999, he worked at the New York City Council Finance Division, serving as Director of that office from 1994 to 1999.

Tom McMahon is an expert on the New York City budgetary process. His knowledge encompasses both the technical and political aspects of securing funding for clients. Mr. McMahon is also a lawyer with an in-depth understanding of New York City municipal law, the legislative process, and public finance. Mr. McMahon specializes in helping our clients understand the bureaucratic and political requirements that must be met in order to achieve the results the client desires.

Mr. McMahon’s reputation for honesty and candor precedes him, which means that he is respected by elected officials, agency directors, labor leaders, and the business community. Mr. McMahon has spent a lifetime building relationships with in New York City. His extensive list of contacts enables him to bring almost any issue to the attention of the appropriate person for a prompt and serious hearing. He understands how to communicate with decision makers and frame the issues under discussion in a way they can relate to.

Jean Kim is an experienced veteran of New York City politics. .That background is the key to her success. She has experienced, and thus understands, the political world from the perspective of a campaigner, a union organizer, and a businessperson.

This unique blend of expertise means that she has extensive familiarity with the viewpoints of many different stakeholders. Her broad vision provides her with the ability to identify, and then communicate with all the different types of decision makers and interest groups one must win-over in order to be successful in the highly competitive world of New York City politics.

Christian DiPalermo's extensive background in government affairs, law, city, state and federal politics enhances TLM Associates effectiveness in terms of both raising its clients' profile and achieving its clients' objectives.

Prior to joining TLM Associates in November 2009, Mr. DiPalermo was the Executive Director of New Yorkers for Parks. He served, and excelled, in that capacity from 2001 until 2009. Under Mr. DiPalmero's leadership New Yorkers for Parks was transformed into one of the city's premier non-profit advocacy organizations, and unquestionably the most important non-governmental parks related organization in New York State. Elected officials and other governmental decision makers quickly came to understand that New Yorkers for Parks was without doubt the most balanced, well-informed, and most importantly of all, the most effective parks advocacy group in the state..