Details Meeting Name: Committee on Small Business Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 9/13/2017 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Jointly with the Committee on Economic Development and the Committee on Contracts Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Not available   Attachments: Attachments - Int. No. 1382-A, Attachments - Int. No. 705-A, Attachments - Int. No. 752-B, Attachments - Int. No. 1400 Meeting Items (13) 13 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available Int 0705-2015 * Elizabeth S. Crowley   Proposed Int. No. 705-A Racial diversity in the leadership of city contractors. Introduction This bill would require contractors employed to work on city-funded construction projects to disclose certain information regarding the race and gender of directors, officers and other executive-level staff. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0705-2015 * Elizabeth S. Crowley     Racial diversity in the leadership of city contractors. Introduction This bill would require contractors employed to work on city-funded construction projects to disclose certain information regarding the race and gender of directors, officers and other executive-level staff. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0705-2015 * Elizabeth S. Crowley     Racial diversity in the leadership of city contractors. Introduction This bill would require contractors employed to work on city-funded construction projects to disclose certain information regarding the race and gender of directors, officers and other executive-level staff. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0752-2015 * The Public Advocate (Ms. James)   Proposed Int. No. 752-B Information regarding employees of city contractors. Introduction This bill would require covered developers to submit workforce disclosure records to an agency designated by the Mayor on the number of hours worked, job title, full or part-time designation and gross wages of individuals working on covered projects. Covered developers would also need to provide workforce disclosure records for the gender and race or ethnic group of employees when such information is voluntarily provided for the purpose of reporting to the city. By no later than October 31, 2021 the mayoral agency designated to administer this program would be required to make such information available online only when it could be sufficiently anonymized, and, beginning no later than October 31, 2022, publish such information in a report every five years. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0752-2015 * The Public Advocate (Ms. James)     Information regarding employees of city contractors. Introduction This bill would require covered developers to submit workforce disclosure records to an agency designated by the Mayor on the number of hours worked, job title, full or part-time designation and gross wages of individuals working on covered projects. Covered developers would also need to provide workforce disclosure records for the gender and race or ethnic group of employees when such information is voluntarily provided for the purpose of reporting to the city. By no later than October 31, 2021 the mayoral agency designated to administer this program would be required to make such information available online only when it could be sufficiently anonymized, and, beginning no later than October 31, 2022, publish such information in a report every five years. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0752-2015 * The Public Advocate (Ms. James)     Information regarding employees of city contractors. Introduction This bill would require covered developers to submit workforce disclosure records to an agency designated by the Mayor on the number of hours worked, job title, full or part-time designation and gross wages of individuals working on covered projects. Covered developers would also need to provide workforce disclosure records for the gender and race or ethnic group of employees when such information is voluntarily provided for the purpose of reporting to the city. By no later than October 31, 2021 the mayoral agency designated to administer this program would be required to make such information available online only when it could be sufficiently anonymized, and, beginning no later than October 31, 2022, publish such information in a report every five years. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1382-2016 * Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.   Proposed Int. No. 1382-A Reporting of information on the workforce of contractors performing construction work for the city. Introduction This bill would require certain contractors employed to work on city-funded construction projects to disclose to an agency designated by the mayor, the zip code of their employees’ primary address; the address, block, and lot number of the city-funded construction project; and whether such contractor is certified as a minority-owned or women-owned business enterprise. This bill would also require the designated agency to make such disclosures public after the data collected is sufficiently anonymized as well as to report on observable trends in the data. This bill would also create recordkeeping requirements for such contractors and would give the authority to enforce the provisions of this bill to the designated agency. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1382-2016 * Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.     Reporting of information on the workforce of contractors performing construction work for the city. Introduction This bill would require certain contractors employed to work on city-funded construction projects to disclose to an agency designated by the mayor, the zip code of their employees’ primary address; the address, block, and lot number of the city-funded construction project; and whether such contractor is certified as a minority-owned or women-owned business enterprise. This bill would also require the designated agency to make such disclosures public after the data collected is sufficiently anonymized as well as to report on observable trends in the data. This bill would also create recordkeeping requirements for such contractors and would give the authority to enforce the provisions of this bill to the designated agency. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 1382-2016 * Robert E. Cornegy, Jr.     Reporting of information on the workforce of contractors performing construction work for the city. Introduction This bill would require certain contractors employed to work on city-funded construction projects to disclose to an agency designated by the mayor, the zip code of their employees’ primary address; the address, block, and lot number of the city-funded construction project; and whether such contractor is certified as a minority-owned or women-owned business enterprise. This bill would also require the designated agency to make such disclosures public after the data collected is sufficiently anonymized as well as to report on observable trends in the data. This bill would also create recordkeeping requirements for such contractors and would give the authority to enforce the provisions of this bill to the designated agency. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1400-2016 * Helen K. Rosenthal     Participation of minority-and women-owned business enterprises in construction projects related to properties receiving tax benefits in accordance with the industrial and commercial abatement program. Introduction This bill would amend Local Law 67 of 2008, governing participation of minority-and women-owned business enterprises (M/WBEs) in construction projects receiving benefits under the Industrial and Commercial Abatement (ICAP) program. It would: 1) lower the project cost threshold requiring ICAP applicants to directly solicit M/WBEs to work on the project from $1.5 million to $750,000; 2) require applicants to inform the Department of Small Business Services (SBS) after it has received a final ICAP award of contracting and subcontracting opportunities at the applicable site as they arise; and 3) require all applicants to submit certifications of compliance with M/WBE program requirements to SBS, in addition to the Department of Finance, along with the final application for benefits. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1400-2016 * Helen K. Rosenthal     Participation of minority-and women-owned business enterprises in construction projects related to properties receiving tax benefits in accordance with the industrial and commercial abatement program. Introduction This bill would amend Local Law 67 of 2008, governing participation of minority-and women-owned business enterprises (M/WBEs) in construction projects receiving benefits under the Industrial and Commercial Abatement (ICAP) program. It would: 1) lower the project cost threshold requiring ICAP applicants to directly solicit M/WBEs to work on the project from $1.5 million to $750,000; 2) require applicants to inform the Department of Small Business Services (SBS) after it has received a final ICAP award of contracting and subcontracting opportunities at the applicable site as they arise; and 3) require all applicants to submit certifications of compliance with M/WBE program requirements to SBS, in addition to the Department of Finance, along with the final application for benefits. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available                     Not available