File #: Int 0005-2026    Version: Name: Criminal penalties for providing false information in contracting and maintaining information on subcontractors.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted (Mayor's Desk for Signature)
Committee: Committee on Contracts
On agenda: 1/29/2026
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to criminal penalties for providing false information in contracting and maintaining information on subcontractors
Sponsors: Julie Menin, Mercedes Narcisse, Julie Won, Phil Wong , Farah N. Louis, Linda Lee, Eric Dinowitz
Council Member Sponsors: 7
Summary: This bill would increase penalties for providing false information related to the qualifications of any bidder on city contracts and create a violation, punishable by monetary penalties, for providing false information related to a subcontractor when a subcontract is submitted for approval. The penalties in both instances would fall within a $1000 to $25,000 range. The bill would also require the Mayor and Comptroller to keep certain information on the identity of subcontractors who perform work on city contracts. This information would be compiled in the computerized database they are currently required to maintain. Finally, this bill would provide a section heading for section 6-116.2 of the administrative code.
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 5-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 5, 3. Int. No. 5, 4. Committee Report 1/27/26, 5. Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 6. Hearing Transcript 1/27/26, 7. Proposed Int. No. 5-A - 2/6/26, 8. Committee Report 2/11/26, 9. Proposed Int. No. 5-A -Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
2/12/2026AJulie Menin City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
2/11/2026*Julie Menin Committee on Contracts Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/11/2026*Julie Menin Committee on Contracts Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/11/2026*Julie Menin Committee on Contracts Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
2/11/2026AJulie Menin Committee on Contracts Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
1/29/2026*Julie Menin City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/29/2026*Julie Menin City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/27/2026*Julie Menin Committee on Contracts Hearing on P-C Item by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/27/2026*Julie Menin Committee on Contracts P-C Item Laid Over by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available

Proposed Int. No. 5-A

 

By The Speaker (Council Member Menin) and Council Members Narcisse, Won, Wong, Louis, Lee and Dinowitz

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to criminal penalties for providing false information in contracting and maintaining information on subcontractors

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Section 6-112 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as follows:

§ 6-112 False statements. a. Any person who makes or causes to be made a false, deceptive, or fraudulent representation in any statement required by the board of estimate or an agency to set forth the financial condition, present plant and equipment, working organization, prior experience, and other information pertinent to the qualifications of any bidder, shall be guilty of [an offense] a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than [one hundred dollars] $1,000 nor more than [one thousand dollars] $25,000, by imprisonment for a period not exceeding [six] 6 months, or both; and the person on whose behalf such false, deceptive, or fraudulent representation was made, shall thenceforth be disqualified from bidding on any contracts for the city.

b. Any person who makes or causes to be made a false, deceptive, or fraudulent representation in any statement required by an agency to set forth the financial condition, present plant and equipment, working organization, prior experience, and other information pertinent to the qualifications of a subcontractor shall be guilty of an offense punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $25,000.

§ 2. Section 6-116.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a section heading to read as follows:

Computerized database of information related to franchises, concessions, and contracts.

§ 3. Subparagraph (9) of paragraph (i) of subdivision b of section 6-116.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 5 for the year 1991, is amended to read as follows:

(9) [the principal owners and officers of every subcontractor] for any subcontract submitted to an agency for approval:

A. the names of the principal owners and officers of the subcontractor;

B. the current business addresses and telephone numbers of the principal owners and officers of the subcontractor;

C. any other names under which the subcontractor has conducted business within the prior five years;

D. whether the prime contractor has any contractual obligations to the subcontractor, other than any obligations pursuant to or related to such subcontract; and

E. whether the subcontractor is a minority-owned or women-owned business enterprise certified pursuant to section 1304 of the charter;

§ 4. This local law takes effect 120 days after it becomes law.

Session 14

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LS #18082

Int. #1310-2025

2/4/2026 7:17 PM

 

Session 13

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LS #18082

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