Sentences with phrase «on state contracts»

Yet state officials agreed to cut the project's diversity hiring goal — included on state contracts to ensure minorities get a fair share of work — from 25 to 15 percent.

In the Manhattan federal corruption case, Howe has admitted to pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars from developers and from rigged bids on state contracts linked to the upstate Buffalo Billion economic - revitalization plan — at the same time he was working as a consultant to the taxpayer - funded program.

They say the bid rigging charges on state contracts totaling more than $ 780 million dollars show clearly that the state's contracting oversight system has «failed».

They say the bid rigging charges on state contracts totaling more than $ 780 million show clearly that the state's contracting oversight system has «failed.»

As a result, MWBE certification and utilization on state contracts has more than doubled in just five years.

DOT rejected Lancaster's bid as non-responsive, even though it had extensive heavy highway construction experience around the state and a good record of performance on state contracts.

The legislation requires bidders on state contracts to have workplace sexual harassment policies in place and to conduct annual training sessions for employees.

A 79 - page complaint from the U.S. attorney of the Southern District of New York accuses executives from both companies of using bribes to secure preferential treatment on state contracts.

Because of her and having to hire relatives of Hevesi staff, many small business people quit bidding and subbing on state contracts and some even became gentleman farmers.

Article 15 - A, signed into law in July 1988, approved the creation of an Office — now Division — of Minority and Women's Business Development to encourage employment and business opportunities on state contracts for minorities and women.

And they warn that some changes undertaken to streamline and speed state construction projects — including increasing the use of quasi-public authorities and limiting the role of oversight agencies — have resulted in fewer checks on state contracting.

Includes $ 250,000 to conduct a disparity study on state contracting with disabled - veteran owned small business owners, which will serve as the basis for a set aside goal of 5 % state contracts.

* Lying on a state contract form by claiming Soundview's taxes were paid when it had actually failed to pay more than $ 750,000 to the state and federal governments.

He said every group that has approached him about the minimum wage has asked him to vote against it, including nonprofit organizations that rely on state contracts to care for disabled individuals, nursing homes, and representatives of the farming community.

The Comptroller does take issue, though, with the governor's proposal to eliminate pre audits that his office conducts on some state contracts, saying «it takes away the opportunity» for his office to look out for taxpayer interests and the «best value» for the state..

Research by the consultancy Oxford Economics just this month found that 2.3 m private sector jobs were dependent on state contracts in areas like IT, defence and hospitals.

The Senate's leadership coalition, uneasy with the direction of the commission, fired a shot last week when Senator Andrew Lanza of Staten Island introduced a measure that would require increased disclosure for anyone contributing to an executive branch official if they were also bidding on state contracts.

According to the Cuomo administration, MWBE certification and utilization on state contracts has more than doubled in just five years.

Yet state officials agreed to cut the project's diversity hiring goal — included on state contracts to ensure minorities get a fair share of work — from 25 to -LSB-...]

They say the bid - rigging charges on state contracts totaling more than $ 780 million dollars show clearly that the state's contracting oversight system has «failed».

Speaker Sheldon Silver rolled out a new bill today, with the help of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, that would ban companies who invest with Iran's energy sector from being able to bid on state contracts.

Now, as Cuomo's closest friend and former top advisor, Joseph Percoco, is about to be indicted for rigging bids on state contracts, the governor proposed a raft of ethics reforms on Wednesday that stand little chance of ever getting made into law.

«Throughout the campaign I was also very vocal about my support for restrictions on lobbying activity, or bidding on state contracts, reform to restrictions on outside income, and term limits for our bodies» leaders, which is what we had voted on in our rules, that was the first thing that we did - eight years that we wanted for committee chairs and for leadership,» Serino says.

Howe then worked with now - suspended SUNY Polytechnic president Alain Kaloyeros, 60, to rig bidding on state contracts, so that LPCiminelli would win them, Bharara claims.

One MWBE contractor, who asked that his name not be used for fear of losing out on state contracts, said he thinks big firms will have an advantage in getting state contracts under the program.