Summary: New York State Senator sponsors a bill extending the Minority-and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) for 15 years ensuring that a fair share of the state’s $10 billion worth of of contracts is provided to minority-and women-owned businesses.
Topic: Should the new administration offer incentives for investing in women-owned businesses?
Category: Journalistic
What is it? An online transcript of an article from New York Amsterdam News December 2003.
Title: Women, Minority Business Owners Retain State Protections
Publication Information: New York Amsterdam News, 00287121, 12/18/2003, Vol. 94, Issue 51. Retrieved from MAS Ultra-School Edition Online Database
Author: Browne, J. Zamgba
Location: Ebscohost MAS Ultra-School Edition Database Search Entry: Women-owned Business Enterprises.
Accessed: January 29th, 2009, 18:05
Support:
Ada L. Smith- State Senator (D-Brooklyn)
Roy Hastick Sr.- Head of the Brooklyn-based Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce.
New York State Sen. Ada Smith sponsored a bill extending the Minority-and Women-Based Enterprise program for another 15 years as of 2003. She provides three quotes referring to statistics involving women-and minority-owned businesses. She was New York State Senator from 1989 to 2006.
Roy Hastick Sr. is an advocate for economic and community empowerment. He has been active in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights community where he serves as First Vice Chairman of Community Board #9.
Audience and Agenda: The New York Amsterdam News is a weekly publication geared toward the African-American community of New York City. It was founded on December 4th, 1909 and in the 1940′s it was one of the four largest African American Newspapers in the U.S.
Usefulness: The article includes two quotes from former Senator, Ada Smith, regarding statistics which display imbalances indicative of discriminative business practices within the state of New York.
“While minority- and women-owned business establishments make up about half of all small businesses in New York City,” said Smith, “these companies total less than 10 percent of state business.”
The bill sponsored by Smith, which extends the program MWBE, is aimed at creating jobs and putting money and pride back into New York communities. Roy Hastick asserts, “This bill is very important for minority and women business owners because it would help provide them with access to procurement opportunities and government contracts in New York State agencies.”
Works Cited:
Ebsco Host MAS Ultra-School Edition Database. Search Entry-Women-owned Business Enterprises
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Amsterdam_News
http://randirosse.com/speakers_bio/roy_hastick.htm
Filed under: Journalistic Sources, Source Notes Tagged: | Government Contracts, Minority-and Women-Owned Business Enterprise, MWBE, Procurement opportunities
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