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New York State MWBE Hearing & Press Conference
Assembly Standing Committee
GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS Assembly Standing Committee
LABOR Assembly Standing Committee
SMALL BUSINESS Assembly Subcommittee on oversight of
MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Please Note Updated Hearing Notice HERE.
SUBJECT: The Minority-and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) Program
PURPOSE: To examine the 2017 MWBE Disparity Study and the overall MWBE program as it relates to project labor agreements, workforce development and other issues through the input of program participants.
GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS Assembly Standing Committee
LABOR Assembly Standing Committee
SMALL BUSINESS Assembly Subcommittee on oversight of
MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESS ENTERPRISES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Please Note Updated Hearing Notice HERE.
ALBANY
Press Conference
Tuesday, December 5th, 2017
10:00 A.M.
Legislative Correspondents' Association (LCA), 130 LOB
Legislative Office Building, 1st Floor
Albany, New York MWBE Hearing
Tuesday, December 5th, 2017
11:00 A.M.
Hamilton Hearing Room B
Legislative Office Building, 2nd Floor
Albany, New York
The hearing will be held by Assemblymember Crystal Peoples-Stokes, Chair, Committee on Governmental Operations, Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte, Chair, Subcommittee on the Oversight of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises, Fred W. Thiel, Jr., Chair, Committee on Small Business, Michelle R. Titus, Committee on Labor.
The Committees would like to obtain input from various stakeholders on the 2017 MWBE Disparity Study, the design, implementation, and utilization of the MWBE program,including but not limited to, its level of State funding, how the MWBE program interacts with project labor agreements across the State, capital access opportunities, incorporating goals within workforce development and the overall enhancement of and a more robust minority and women's program.
Tuesday, December 5th, 2017
10:00 A.M.
Legislative Correspondents' Association (LCA), 130 LOB
Legislative Office Building, 1st Floor
Albany, New York MWBE Hearing
Tuesday, December 5th, 2017
11:00 A.M.
Hamilton Hearing Room B
Legislative Office Building, 2nd Floor
Albany, New York
- Oral testimony will be limited to TEN (10) minutes' duration.
- In preparing the order of witnesses, the Committees will attempt to accommodate individual requests to speak at particular times in view of special circumstances. These requests should be made on the attached reply form or communicated to Committee staff as early as possible.
- Twenty (20) copies of any prepared testimony should be submitted at the hearing registration desk. The Committees would appreciate advance receipt of prepared statements.
- In order to meet the needs of those who may have a disability, the Assembly, in accordance with its policy of non-discrimination on the basis of disability, as well as the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), has made its facilities and services available to all individuals with disabilities. For individuals with disabilities, accommodations will be provided, upon reasonable request, to afford such individuals access and admission to Assembly facilities and activities.
For the official hearing notice click here.
To RSVP, please email Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte at bichotter@nyassembly.gov