Black owned lobbying firm spins off communications business to meet demand

One of the city’s few Black-owned, lobbying firms, Bellevue Strategies, has spun off its communications business to meet the rising demand, the firm’s president said. Now the communications business will be known as Bellevue Public Affairs and will be headed by Jessica Cosmé Platt, who will be president, said Mustafa Rashed, Bellevue Strategies president and CEO.