Q&A
Discussion on Local Law 156 and SBS reporting requirements
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Council Member Feliz and Commissioner Gross discuss Local Law 156 of 2019 and SBS's reporting requirements. The Commissioner acknowledges a delay in submitting the first report for this law and provides information on other reporting SBS does.
- SBS has not yet submitted the first report required by Local Law 156
- The agency reports on business services in the annual Mayor's Management Report
- SBS commits to submitting the required report to the council before the end of February
Dynishal Gross
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Thank you, council member Felice.
0:24:57
So regarding local law 156, this, is a reporting requirement that, to date SBS has not, submitted, a first report for this.
0:25:09
And, we take our reporting requirements to this council extremely seriously.
0:25:13
We produce dozens of reports annually for the city council, including our quarterly MWBE compliance reports, the Local Law 90 report on commercial lease assistance, which, I I think we'll talk about today.
0:25:26
This particular report is one that was not on our radar screen, and I'm very excited that, we're already working between the administration and the council on a portal that's going to ensure that we don't have gaps like this in our reporting requirements because we staff to ensure that we meet these requirements and we take it very seriously.
0:25:46
So, my apologies for that oversight.
0:25:49
Luckily, we do report in our MMR report every year and the mayor's management report on our provision of business services, including government navigation services.
0:25:59
And you'll see, in the MMR that our, our the number of government navigation services provided increased significantly in f y 24.
0:26:10
So for example, in f y 23, we provided 9,813 government navigation services.
0:26:19
Last fiscal year, we provided 10,339 government navigation services.
0:26:25
So there you're seeing reflected the impact of the work of our NYC best team, which is advising small businesses on licensing, permitting, utilities, how to sequence all of the steps needed to get to their opening day as quickly as possible and begin providing jobs and providing goods and services and making money for their families.
0:26:48
So we're we are reporting publicly in that work.
0:26:51
We will ensure that we meet the, also the reporting requirements to the city council.
Oswald Feliz
0:26:57
Thank you.
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And when more or less can we expect that that, report to be public?
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Do you think 3 months, 6 months is a reasonable timeline, more or less?
Dynishal Gross
0:27:05
I think we can do better than that.
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We learned about the requirement, last week.
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We'll do our best to have it to the council before the end of February.
Oswald Feliz
0:27:14
Perfect.
0:27:14
Thank you.
0:27:15
What are some of the most popular trainings you've had under Local Law 156?