Bill Text: NY S06513 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to opportunities in the city of New York for minority and women-owned business enterprises.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-12-29 - APPROVAL MEMO.65 [S06513 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06513-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6513--B
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 30, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sens. ALCANTARA, SAVINO, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered
          printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Cities
          --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
          and recommitted  to  said  committee  --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
        AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to  opportunities
          for minority and women-owned business enterprises
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 311 of the New York  city  charter  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision i to read as follows:
     3    i.  In  addition  to other rules authorized by this section, the board
     4  may provide by rule that:
     5    1. agencies may make procurements of goods and  services  for  amounts
     6  not  exceeding one hundred fifty thousand dollars from businesses certi-
     7  fied as minority or women-owned business enterprises pursuant to section
     8  thirteen hundred four of the charter without a formal competitive  proc-
     9  ess.
    10    2. agencies may award contracts for goods and services on the basis of
    11  best  value  to  the bidder or offerer which optimizes quality, cost and
    12  efficiency, among responsive and responsible bidders or  offerers.  Such
    13  basis shall reflect, wherever possible, objective and quantifiable anal-
    14  ysis  and  may include the prospective bidder's record of complying with
    15  existing labor standards, maintaining harmonious  labor  relations,  and
    16  protecting the health and safety of workers. Such basis may also identi-
    17  fy a quantitative factor for awarding of contracts for bidders or offer-
    18  ers  that  are  businesses certified as minority or women-owned business
    19  enterprises pursuant to section thirteen hundred four of the charter.
    20    3. the rule or rules promulgated to implement paragraph  one  of  this
    21  subdivision  shall  provide that the city shall, commencing on the first
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11891-13-7
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     1  of October of the first full calendar year  following  the  adoption  of
     2  such  rule  or  rules,  submit  an annual report to the governor and the
     3  state legislature of the total number and total dollar value of procure-
     4  ments  of goods and services for amounts not exceeding one hundred fifty
     5  thousand dollars from:
     6    (i) businesses certified as minority or  women-owned  business  enter-
     7  prises pursuant to section thirteen hundred four of the charter;
     8    (ii) all other businesses; and
     9    (iii) information about the number of businesses certified as minority
    10  or women-owned business enterprises pursuant to section thirteen hundred
    11  four of this charter able to perform the specific type and scale of work
    12  involved in each procurement.
    13    §  2.    Severability.  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or
    14  part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of  competent  jurisdic-
    15  tion  to be invalid and after exhaustion of all further judicial review,
    16  the judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder there-
    17  of, but shall be confined in its  operation  to  the  clause,  sentence,
    18  paragraph,  section or part of this act directly involved in the contro-
    19  versy in which the judgment shall have been rendered.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
    21  contract  entered  into,  renewed,  modified or amended on or after such
    22  date.