What's happening
This bill requires the state comptroller to publish an interactive online report detailing agency contracts and spending with minority and women-owned businesses.
Why it matters
Creates greater transparency and public accountability. by making detailed information about state agency contracts and spending with minority and women-owned businesses easily accessible and user-friendly, which could help identify disparities or underperformance.
Breaks down spending data by specific demographic groups (Asian American, Black American, Hispanic American, and women). , allowing for more precise tracking and analysis of which communities benefit from state contracting opportunities.
Includes both prime and subcontractor data, with annual publication and multi-year comparisons. , enabling tracking of trends over time and making it easier for advocates, policymakers, and the public to evaluate progress or setbacks since 2013.
Mandates an interactive, searchable online dashboard. that empowers users to disaggregate and customize data views, making it a practical tool for journalists, watchdog groups, and business owners seeking insights or opportunities in state procurement.
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Sponsors
9 Co-sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to governmental operations
- Referred to governmental operations
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1540
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 15, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE, HYNDMAN, SEAWRIGHT, GOTTFRIED, WALKER, JEAN-PIERRE, SOLAGES, ROZIC, BLAKE, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to reports on agency minority and women-owned business development contracts and spending
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 8-d to read as follows:
§ 8-d. Report on agency minority and women-owned business development contracts and spending. The comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to publish, and make publicly available on its website, a report on agency minority and women-owned business development contracts and spending. Such report shall be interactive for its users, as an online transparency tool, including an intuitive dashboard approach that combines a series of graphs and user-friendly tables, that provides access to subcontractor and minority and women-owned business enterprise spending and contract information pursuant to this section. Such report shall include the amount of money contracted to each state agency and such amount shall be further broken down into the following four categories: Asian American, Black American, Hispanic American, and women. Such report shall also include the total number of prime contractors and subcontractors used as well as the amount of money spent on each contract or contracts. All reportable data shall be published annually by fiscal and calendar year and shall provide for comparison between years. The website shall feature the current calendar and fiscal year report information and archive all previous calendar and fiscal year reports, beginning with the year two thousand thirteen, which shall be easy for users to access. The website shall be developed and designed to allow users to search various combinations of data requests in a
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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single report, with the ability to disaggregate data. The comptroller shall consult with the comptroller of New York city regarding the development and design of the website and shall provide comparable report and data organization for its website.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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