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Int 1401-2025

Voluntary labor and human rights disclosures in city procurement.

IntroductionEnactedCommittee on Contractsintroduced 2025-09-25Local Law 2026/040

Enacted as Local Law 2026/040.

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Agenda: 2025-09-25Passed: 2026-01-17Enacted: 2026-01-17

Summary

This bill would allow city agencies to request voluntary disclosures from bidders on city contracts about their efforts to identify and address labor and human rights risks in their operations and supply chains. The disclosures would cover risks such as child labor, forced labor, wage theft, unsafe working conditions and violations of freedom of association. The disclosures would not apply to contracts below the small purchase limit, emergency procurements, professional services contracts, and contracts subject to federal or state requirements that would preclude such disclosures. Contracting agencies could not require such disclosures as part of their vendor responsibility determinations, bidders could not be deemed non-responsible solely for declining to provide a disclosure and the information provided could not be the sole basis for contract award decisions. The Mayor's Office of Contract Services would develop a standardized disclosure form for agencies to use when requesting these voluntary disclosures.

Committee on ContractsProcurement Policy Board, review of City procurement policies and procedures, oversight over government contracts, Mayor's Office of Contract Services and collection agency contracts.

How it compares

24% of similar bills passed

12 passed · 38 died

This bill: 83 days in committee

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Sponsors (7)

Lifecycle

IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2025-09-25 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2025-09-25 · City Council
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-10-23 · Committee on Contracts
HeldLaid Over by Committee
2025-10-23 · Committee on Contracts
HeardHearing Held by Committee
2025-12-18 · Committee on Contracts
ActionAmendment Proposed by Comm
2025-12-18 · Committee on Contracts
ActionAmended by Committee
2025-12-18 · Committee on Contracts
AdvancedApproved by Committee
2025-12-18 · Committee on Contracts
AdvancedApproved by Council
2025-12-18 · City Council
ActionSent to Mayor by Council
2025-12-18 · City Council
AdvancedCity Charter Rule Adopted
2026-01-17 · Administration
ActionReturned Unsigned by Mayor
2026-01-20 · City Council

Votes (56)

Aye (44)
Diana I. AyalaAmanda C. FaríasAdrienne E. AdamsCarmen N. De La RosaSelvena N. Brooks-PowersShaun AbreuAlexa AvilésChris BanksErik D. BottcherJustin L. BrannanGale A. BrewerTiffany L. CabánEric DinowitzHarvey D. EpsteinOswald J. FelizJames F. GennaroJennifer GutiérrezShahana K. HanifCrystal HudsonRita C. JosephShekar KrishnanLinda LeeFarah N. LouisChristopher MarteJulie MeninFrancisco P. MoyaMercedes NarcisseSandy NurseChi A. OsséKeith Powers Lincoln RestlerKevin C. RileyYusef SalaamPierina Ana SanchezLynn C. SchulmanAlthea V. StevensSandra UngJulie WonRafael Salamanca, Jr.Nantasha M. WilliamsSandy NurseAlthea V. StevensJulie WonErik D. Bottcher
Nay (9)
Simcha FelderRobert F. HoldenKristy MarmoratoDarlene MealyFrank MoranoVickie PaladinoInna VernikovJoann Ariola Inna Vernikov
Absent (3)
Kamillah HanksDavid M. CarrSusan Zhuang

Heard at (4)

City Council · 2025-12-18 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Committee on Contracts · 2025-12-18 · 11:00 AM · 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 1
Committee on Contracts · 2025-10-23 · 2:00 PM · 250 Broadway - 8th Floor - Hearing Room 2
City Council · 2025-09-25 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall

Attachments (20)

Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 6 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 6-151 to read as follows: � 6-151 Labor and human rights disclosures in procurement. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section the following terms have the following meanings: Covered contract. The term "covered contract" means any contract for goods or services that has a value greater than the small purchase limit set forth in section 3-08 of title 9 of the rules of the city of New York, provided, however, that such term shall not include emergency procurements, contracts for professional services and contracts subject to federal or state requirements that preclude additional disclosures. Labor and human rights disclosure. The term "labor and human rights disclosure" means a voluntary statement from a bidder describing such bidder's efforts to identify and address risks related to child labor, forced labor, wage theft, unsafe working conditions, and violations of freedom of association in such bidder's business operations and supply chains. b. For covered contracts, an agency may request that a bidder submit a labor and human rights disclosure as part of a vendor responsibility determination under section 103 of the general municipal law. Any failure to submit such a disclosure shall not form a basis for a determination that a bidder is not a responsible bidder. c. The office of contract services shall develop a standardized labor and human rights disclosure form that contracting agencies shall use when requesting voluntary labor and human rights disclosures pursuant to this section. Such form shall be made publicly available on the city's website. � 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law. Session 13 ARP LS # 20023 12/9/2025 2 3