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Allows Westchester county to require bidders for public works, construction or purchase contracts to hire and retain persons residing in certain targeted communities
In Assembly Committee · Local Governments · Sponsor J. Gary Pretlow
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BILL NUMBER:S6402
Title of bill
An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to allowing Westchester county to require bidders for public works, construction or purchase contracts to hire and retain persons residing in certain targeted communities
Purpose or general idea of bill
This legislation will allow Mount Vernon and the City of Yonkers to obtain construction jobs.
Summary of specific provisions
An amendment to General Municipal Law section 103(1): A County may require the lowest responsible bidder for all contracts for public works, construct and purchase contracts to hire and retain persons residing in certain targeted communities having the highest rates of unemployment within such county.
A targeted community is any city, town, or village within a county where the combined average of the unemployment rate and the poverty rate of such community is greater than the combined countywide average of unemployment and poverty rate by ten percent. A county may require that at least ten percent of the labor cost of construction contracts awarded by the county to the lowest responsible bidder be spent to hire persons residing in the targeted communities within that county.
If the combined average unemployment and poverty rate for a targeted community is greater than twenty percent of the combined countywide average unemployment rate and the poverty rate, then a county may require that at least twenty percent of the labor cost of construction contracts awarded must be spent to hire persons residing in the targeted communities.
If the combined average community unemployment and poverty rate is greater than thirty percent of the combined countywide average unemployment rate and the poverty rate, then a county may require that at least thirty percent of the labor cost of construction contracts awarded must be spent to hire persons residing in the targeted communities. The combined average unemployment rate and poverty rate shall be computed annually based on statistics published by the New York State Bureau of Labor Statistics or similar government agencies for the period ending December 31 of the year preceding the year in which the contract was awarded. The combined average unemployment rate and poverty rate shall be established annually by resolution or local law of the county.
The combined average shall be the sum of the preceding year end unemployment rate plus the preceding year end poverty rate divided by two.
A county may require the lowest responsible bidder to establish apprenticeship and training programs for workers residing within the targeted communities in certain construction trades specified in a resolution or local law of such county.
Justification
This bill will allow the county of Westchester to provide employment in the communities that are faced with poverty.
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Legislative history
New Bill.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall become a law.
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