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Minority and women-owned business enterprises.
IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Contractsintroduced 2018-12-11Local Law 2019/174
Enacted as Local Law 2019/174.
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Agenda: 2018-12-11Passed: 2019-10-13Enacted: 2019-10-13
Summary
This bill would amend the definition of “Minority group” for purposes of the city’s Minority and Women-owned business enterprises (M/WBEs) program to include Native Americans in all covered procurement categories and Asian Americans in the professional services category. The bill would also update citywide procurement goals for all minority groups across all procurement categories in accordance with the findings in the most recent citywide disparity study.
Committee on Contracts — Procurement Policy Board, review of City procurement policies and procedures, oversight over government contracts, Mayor's Office of Contract Services and collection agency contracts.
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Sponsors (14)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2018-12-11 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2018-12-11 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-06-20 · Committee on Contracts
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2019-06-20 · Committee on Contracts
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2019-06-20 · Committee on Contracts
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2019-09-12 · Committee on Contracts
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2019-09-12 · Committee on Contracts
ActionAmended by Committee
2019-09-12 · Committee on Contracts
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2019-09-12 · Committee on Contracts
AdvancedApproved by Council
2019-09-12 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2019-09-12 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2019-10-13 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2019-10-15 · City Council
Votes (56)
Aye (51)
Andy L. KingFernando Cabrera Alicka Ampry-Samuel Corey D. JohnsonAdrienne E. AdamsInez D. BarronJustin L. BrannanMargaret S. ChinAndrew CohenCosta G. ConstantinidesLaurie A. CumboChaim M. DeutschRuben Diaz, Sr.Daniel Dromm Rafael L. Espinal, Jr.Mathieu EugeneVanessa L. GibsonMark Gjonaj Barry S. GrodenchikRobert F. HoldenBen KallosPeter A. KooKaren KoslowitzRory I. LancmanBrad S. LanderStephen T. LevinMark LevineFarah N. LouisAlan N. MaiselCarlos MenchacaI. Daneek MillerFrancisco P. MoyaBill PerkinsAntonio ReynosoDonovan J. RichardsCarlina Rivera Ydanis A. RodriguezDeborah L. RoseHelen K. RosenthalRafael Salamanca, Jr.Ritchie J. TorresMark TreygerEric A. UlrichPaul A. ValloneJames G. Van BramerDiana I. AyalaKeith Powers Ben KallosInez D. BarronBill PerkinsHelen K. Rosenthal
Nay (4)
Joseph C. BorelliSteven MatteoKalman Yeger Kalman Yeger
Absent (1)
Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.
Heard at (5)
City Council · 2019-09-12 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Contracts · 2019-09-12 · 10:00 AM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Contracts · 2019-06-20 · 1:00 PM · 250 Broadway - Committee Rm, 14th Fl.
Committee on Contracts · 2019-06-06 · 1:00 PM · Committee Room - City Hall
City Council · 2018-12-11 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (20)
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph 26 of subdivision c of section 6-129 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 1 for the year 2013, is amended to read as follows:
(26) "Minority group" means Black Americans[;], Asian Americans, [and] Hispanic Americans and Native Americans, provided that the commissioner shall be authorized to add additional groups to this definition upon a finding that there is statistically significant disparity between the availability of firms owned by individuals in such a group and the utilization of such firms in city procurement.
� 2. Subdivision d of Section 6-129 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 1 for the year 2013, is amended to read as follows:
d. Citywide goals. (1) The citywide contracting participation goals for MBEs, WBEs and EBEs, which may be met through awards of prime contracts or subcontracts as described in subdivision j of this section, shall be as follows:
For construction contracts:
Category:
Participation goal:
Black Americans
[8]12% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Asian Americans
[8]11.1% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Hispanic Americans
[4]17.95% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Native Americans
0.56% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Women
[18]25.66% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Emerging
6% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
For professional services contracts:
Category:
Participation goal:
Black Americans
[12]11.81% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Asian Americans
9.4% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Hispanic Americans
[8]8.99% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Native Americans
0.65% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Women
[37]36.67% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Emerging
6% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
For standard services contracts:
Category:
Participation goal:
Black Americans
[12]14.32% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Asian Americans
[3]9.88% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Hispanic Americans
[6]10.2% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Native Americans
0.03% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Women
[10]29.26% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Emerging
6% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
For goods contracts under one [hundred thousand] million dollars:
Category:
Participation goal:
Black Americans
[7]5.94% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Asian Americans
[8]10.59% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Hispanic Americans
[5]7.07% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Native Americans
2.44% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Women
[25]30.51% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
Emerging
6% of total annual agency expenditures on such contracts
� 3. This local law takes effect 180 days after it becomes law, except that the department of small business services shall take such measures as are necessary for the implementation of this local law, including the promulgation of rules, before such date.
DFC/ARP
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