Proposed Int. No. 801-A
By Council Members Won, Brooks-Powers, Louis, Stevens, Farías, Banks, Williams, Brannan, Yeger, Gutiérrez, Narcisse, Schulman and Rivera
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring an agency to provide an explanation of a denial of approval of a subcontractor
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 6 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 6-142.1 to read as follows:
§ 6-142.1. Subcontractor denial of approval explanations. a. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
Contractor. The term "contractor" has the meaning set forth in section 6-129.
Subcontractor. The term "subcontractor" means a person that has entered into an agreement with a contractor to provide services or perform work that is required pursuant to such contractor’s contract with an agency.
b. Where an agency denies a request from a contractor for final approval of a subcontractor, such contractor may request from such agency a written explanation of the reasons for such denial. At the time of denial, such agency shall notify such contractor of the process for requesting a written explanation. Such agency shall provide such contractor a written explanation of the reasons for denial within thirty days of receipt of such request from such contractor.
c. This section shall not apply to denials of requests for approval of subcontractors in connection with emergency procurements or small purchases.
§ 2. This local law takes effect 120 days after enactment.
Session 13
ARP
LS # 16034
8/28/24