What's happening
This bill requires New York's annual report on minority and women-owned business contracting to include contract details, certification information, and demographic summaries.
Why it matters
Increases transparency and accountability. by requiring detailed data on each contract, including whether it was for goods or services, and if it was awarded to a certified minority- or women-owned business, along with which specific minority group was the basis for certification.
Allows for better evaluation of equity efforts. by capturing the names and addresses of both prime contractors and subcontractors, as well as the dollar value of contracts, making it easier to assess if state contracting opportunities are being distributed fairly.
Enables more nuanced demographic analysis. by mandating a summary of all certified minority and women-owned businesses, categorized by both minority group and gender, giving policymakers and the public a clearer picture of who is benefiting from these programs.
Supports advocacy and policy decisions. by making comprehensive contract and certification information widely available to lawmakers and the public, potentially informing future reforms or targeted support for underrepresented groups.
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Who cares
Division of Minority and Women's Business Development
The bill would require its annual report to include contract-level details and a summary of certified businesses categorized by minority group and gender.
Certified minority- and women-owned businesses
The report would identify whether each contract went to a certified minority- or women-owned business and which minority group the business relies on for certification.
Prime contractors and subcontractors providing services
The report would list their names and business addresses, along with each contract's dollar value and whether it covers goods or services.
Governor, comptroller and legislative leaders
As recipients of the annual report, they would receive more detailed information on state contracts and certified minority- and women-owned businesses.
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Sponsors
9 Co-sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to governmental operations
- Referred to governmental operations
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
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In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Anna Kaplan
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1537
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 15, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE, HYNDMAN, SOLAGES, SEAWRIGHT, JAFFEE, BLAKE, GOTTFRIED, JEAN-PIERRE, ROZIC, WALKER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requirements of the annual report from the division of minority and women's business development
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 315 of the executive law, as added by chapter 175 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as follows:
4. The division of minority and women's business development shall issue an annual report which: (a) summarizes the report submitted by each contracting agency pursuant to subdivision three of this section; (b) contains such comparative or other information as the director deems appropriate, including but not limited to goals compared to actual participation of minority and women-owned business enterprises in state contracting, to evaluate the effectiveness of the activities undertaken by each such contracting agency to promote increased participation by certified minority or women-owned businesses with respect to state contracts and subcontracts; (c) contains a summary of all waivers of the requirements of subdivisions six and seven of section three hundred thirteen of this article allowed by each contracting agency during the period covered by the report, including a description of the basis of the waiver request and the contracting agency's rationale for granting any such waiver; (d) describes any efforts to create a database or other information storage and retrieval system containing information relevant to contracting with minority and women-owned business enterprises; [and] (e) contains a summary of (i) all determinations of violations of this article by a contractor or a contracting agency made during the period covered by the annual report pursuant to section three hundred sixteen-a
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of this article and (ii) the penalties or sanctions, if any, assessed in connection with such determinations and the rationale for such penalties or sanctions; (f) contains information on each contract identifying the following: (i) whether it is a contract for goods or services; (ii) whether the contract was awarded to a certified minority-owned business enterprise or a certified women-owned business enterprise and identify which minority group member the minority-owned business enterprise relies on for certification pursuant to this article; (iii) the name and business address of prime contractors and subcontractors providing services under such contract; and (iv) the dollar value of such contract; and (g) contains a summary of all certified minority and women-owned business enterprises, categorized by the minority group member that such minority-owned business enterprise relies on for certification pursuant to this article and by gender. Copies of the annual report shall be provided to the commissioner, the governor, the comptroller, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, the minority leader of the assembly and shall also be made widely available to the public via, among other things, publication on a website maintained by the division of minority and women's business development.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that the amendments to section 315 of the executive law, made by section one of this act, shall not affect the expiration of such section and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
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