Assembly Bill A6088

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to reporting on agency minority and women-owned business development contracts and spending

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A6088 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8158
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
State Finance Law
Laws Affected:
Add §8-d, St Fin L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9775
2017-2018: A427
2019-2020: A1540
2023-2024: A3882, S5074

2021-A6088 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to reporting on agency minority and women-owned business development contracts and spending.

2021-A6088 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6088
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to reports on  agency
   minority and women-owned business development contracts and spending
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 8-d to read as follows:
   §  8-D. REPORT ON AGENCY MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
 CONTRACTS  AND  SPENDING.  THE  COMPTROLLER  IS  HEREBY  AUTHORIZED  AND
 DIRECTED  TO  PUBLISH,  AND  MAKE  PUBLICLY  AVAILABLE ON ITS WEBSITE, A
 REPORT ON AGENCY MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS
 AND SPENDING. SUCH REPORT SHALL BE INTERACTIVE  FOR  ITS  USERS,  AS  AN
 ONLINE TRANSPARENCY TOOL, INCLUDING AN INTUITIVE DASHBOARD APPROACH THAT
 COMBINES  A  SERIES  OF  GRAPHS  AND USER-FRIENDLY TABLES, THAT PROVIDES
 ACCESS TO SUBCONTRACTOR AND MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE
 SPENDING AND CONTRACT INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. SUCH  REPORT
 SHALL  INCLUDE  THE  AMOUNT OF MONEY CONTRACTED TO EACH STATE AGENCY AND
 SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE FURTHER BROKEN DOWN INTO THE FOLLOWING FOUR CATEGO-
 RIES: ASIAN AMERICAN, BLACK  AMERICAN,  HISPANIC  AMERICAN,  AND  WOMEN.
 SUCH REPORT SHALL ALSO INCLUDE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PRIME CONTRACTORS AND
 SUBCONTRACTORS  USED  AS  WELL  AS  THE  AMOUNT  OF  MONEY SPENT ON EACH
 CONTRACT OR CONTRACTS. ALL REPORTABLE DATA SHALL BE  PUBLISHED  ANNUALLY
 BY  FISCAL  AND  CALENDAR  YEAR AND SHALL PROVIDE FOR COMPARISON BETWEEN
 YEARS.  THE WEBSITE SHALL FEATURE THE CURRENT CALENDAR AND  FISCAL  YEAR
 REPORT  INFORMATION  AND  ARCHIVE  ALL PREVIOUS CALENDAR AND FISCAL YEAR
 REPORTS, BEGINNING WITH THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, WHICH  SHALL  BE
 EASY  FOR  USERS TO ACCESS.  THE WEBSITE SHALL BE DEVELOPED AND DESIGNED
 TO ALLOW USERS TO SEARCH VARIOUS COMBINATIONS  OF  DATA  REQUESTS  IN  A
 SINGLE  REPORT,  WITH  THE ABILITY TO DISAGGREGATE DATA. THE COMPTROLLER
 SHALL CONSULT WITH THE COMPTROLLER OF NEW YORK CITY REGARDING THE DEVEL-
 OPMENT AND DESIGN OF THE WEBSITE AND SHALL PROVIDE COMPARABLE REPORT AND
 DATA ORGANIZATION FOR ITS WEBSITE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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