Assembly Bill A8407

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to opportunities for small businesses and businesses owned by women and minorities

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A8407 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6418
Law Section:
New York City Charter
Laws Affected:
Amd §§311 & 324, add §1206, NYC Chart; amd §2590-h, Ed L; amd §1743, Pub Auth L

2019-A8407 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to opportunities for small businesses and businesses owned by women and minorities.

2019-A8407 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8407
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Ways and Means
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the New York city charter, the education law and the
   public authorities law, in relation to opportunities for  small  busi-
   nesses and businesses owned by women and minorities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that  disparity
 studies  conducted by the state and the city of New York demonstrate the
 continuing effects of discrimination on businesses owned  by  minorities
 and  women  in  the  market  where  the  city conducts its procurements.
 Therefore, it continues to be appropriate for the city of  New  York  to
 establish  and  implement reasonable procedures to secure the meaningful
 participation of minority and women-owned businesses, as well as  emerg-
 ing  business enterprises, in its procurement process, including but not
 limited to measures already authorized by state  and  local  legislation
 and rules and the measures authorized in this act.
   §  2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision i of section 311 of the New York city
 charter, as amended by chapter 19 of the laws of  2018,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1.  agencies  may  make  procurements  of  goods  [and],  services AND
 CONSTRUCTION for amounts not exceeding [one] FIVE hundred [fifty]  thou-
 sand  dollars from businesses certified as minority or women-owned busi-
 ness enterprises pursuant to section thirteen hundred four of the  char-
 ter without a formal competitive process.
   §  3.  Subdivision  a  of section 324 of the New York city charter, as
 amended by local law number 17 for the year 2004, is amended to read  as
 follows:
   a.  Agencies may maintain lists of prequalified vendors and entry into
 a  prequalified  group  shall  be  continuously  available.  Prospective
 vendors  may be prequalified as contractors for the provision of partic-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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