Int. No. 289
By Council Members Comrie, Avella, Baez, Barron, DeBlasio, Foster, Gennaro, Jackson, Jennings, Lopez, Monserrate, Perkins, Reed, Sears, Yassky, Quinn, Recchia, Jr., Vann, Boyland, Clarke, Fidler, Gerson, James, Koppell, Liu, Martinez, Nelson, Rivera, Sanders, Stewart and Weprin
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 11, 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.