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Proposed legislation to address late payments to nonprofits
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Speaker Adams outlines several legislative proposals aimed at alleviating the crisis of late payments to nonprofit service providers.
- Introduces Introduction 1247, requiring immediate disbursement of 80% of contract funds upon registration
- Presents Introduction 1248, proposing the creation of a new Department of Contract Services
- Mentions Introduction 1249, requiring agencies with late contracts to submit corrective action plans
- Emphasizes the Council's commitment to supporting essential human services and the providers who deliver them
Adrienne E. Adams
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Today, the council will focus on several legislative proposals that will help alleviate this crisis.
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Introduction twelve forty seven for which I am the lead sponsor would require the procurement policy board to adopt rules requiring the immediate disbursement of 80% of a fiscal year's contract funds for contracts with nonprofits once the contract is registered by the controller, and for multi year contracts the required disbursement would take place at the start of each subsequent fiscal year.
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It would also require that a process be set up to recover funds for when a contracting agency doesn't receive the agreed upon goods or services from a vendor.
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Another bill that I sponsor, introduction twelve forty eight, would create a new Department of Contract Services which would be responsible for the duties of the city chief procurement officer.
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The department would be responsible for coordinating and overseeing the contracting functions of mayoral agencies such as the provision of procurement guidance, the maintenance of computerized city procurement and contracting systems, and the promotion of awareness and understanding among the public of city contracting opportunities.
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Centralizing these contract functions in one city agency can help us better operationalize these critical processes.
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We're also reviewing introduction twelve forty nine which will require city agencies with large amounts of late contracts to submit corrective action plans each year, laying out the causes of the delays and how to minimize them in the future.
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Thank you to my colleagues who continue to conduct oversight and put forward smart solutions so that we can achieve progress on this issue.
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I believe the reform policies we examine today can result in significant improvements to how the city provides essential human services.
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New Yorkers who rely on these services and the providers who do so much to uplift our communities deserve our city's full support and that is what the council will deliver.
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Thank you very much, and with that I turn it back over to our chairs, One and Stevens.