Big city, small effort when it comes to giving outside contracts to companies owned by woman and other minorities.
New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer released a report that grades city agencies on the percentage of contracts awarded to what the city calls Minority/Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBE).
Scroll down the list and you see that 4 NYC agencies get F grades for diversity contracting. No agency got an A.
The report points out that 305,000 women-owned firms certify with New York City, and 403,000 minority firms did the same. Yet, in 2014 they received contracts for only 3.9 percent of the city’s $17.8 billion purchasing budget.
The report, Making The Grade, intends to prod agencies to make the effort to seek out MWBEs for contracts. Comptroller Stringer said, “We all have to take action to help right this wrong. By getting more contracts into the hands of these firms, we will expand competition and cut costs for taxpayers, while boosting opportunity and creating jobs in neighborhoods throughout the five boroughs.”
F Grades Go To:
Department of Environmental Protection
Department of Finance
Department of Information Technology and Communication.
Department of Sanitation
D Grades Go To:
Business Integrity Commission
Department of Consumer Affairs
Business Integrity Commission
Department of Design and Construction
Department of Correction
Department of Citywide Administrative Services
Department of Parks and Recreation
