Int. No. 32
By Council Members Comrie, Avella, Baez, Barron, DeBlasio, Foster, Gennaro, Jackson, Jennings, Lopez, Monserrate, Perkins, Reed, Sears and Yassky; also Council Members Quinn, Recchia, Jr. and Vann
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to adding information on minority- and woman-owned business enterprises to the City’s contract database.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision a of section 6-116.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph 9, to read as follows:
(9) whether the contract has been awarded to a contractor certified by the department of business services as a minority- or woman-owned business enterprise; and, if so certified as a minority- owned business enterprise, whether the ownership of the contractor is predominantly by African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, or Native Americans, as defined in the public authorities law.
§2. This local law shall take effect 45 days after its adoption.