Michael J. Garner appointed as New York City’s first-ever chief business diversity officer

Photo: Isseu Diouf Campbell  New York City Mayor Eric Adams appointed on February 16, 2023, Michael Garner as chief business diversity officer of the Mayor’s Office of Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBE). In this role, Garner will support and … Read More

The New York Women’s Chamber of Commerce continues to open doors for minority entrepreneurs

Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell The New York Women’s Chamber of Commerce, an advocate of gender equity, parity, and social-economic justice for women and entrepreneurs of color, held its Contract HER New York Procurement Fair 2023 on January 11, 2023, … Read More

SBS’ MWBE Procurement Fair takes place at Barclays Center

Photos credit: Isseu Diouf Campbell The first in-person New York City Department of Small Business Services’ (SBS) Citywide Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBE) Procurement Fair since 2019 took place at Barclays Center on September 22, 2022. The event featured … Read More

Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte and Senator James Sanders, Jr. host 1st Annual MWBE Networking Reception at 49th Annual Legislative Conference

Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte and Senator James Sanders, Jr. hosted the 1st Annual MWBE Networking Reception during The New York State Association of Black, Puerto Rican Legislators, Inc.’s 49th Annual Legislative Conference in Albany on February 15, … Read More

Diversity is scarce in NYC’s multibillion-dollar budget spend Comptroller Stringer says

Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell “More than 80% of New Yorkers identify as women or people of color, and yet when it comes to purchasing goods and services from the City’s multibillion-dollar budget, that diversity is few and far between,” said … Read More

City helps connect MWBEs with opportunities and resources at Procurement Fair in Harlem

Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The City hosted on June 11, 2019, in Harlem, its 13th Annual Procurement Fair to help connect New York City minority and women business owners to public and private contracting opportunities and other resources. Over 70 … Read More

NYC Comptroller Scott M. Stringer holds briefing on Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises

New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer’s office held a briefing on The New York City Agency Report Card on Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprises on June 7, 2019 in Manhattan. The briefing led by Chief Diversity Officer Wendy … Read More

NYC calls on State to increase discretionary spending limit for M/WBEs to $1 million

Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell Mayor Bill de Blasio, business leaders, advocates, and elected officials announced on March 21, 2019, a State proposal that would create more economic opportunity for minority- and women-owned business enterprises (M/WBEs) in New York City. The … Read More

Mayor’s Office hosts reception in Albany to discuss future of M/WBEs in New York City

Photos: Isseu Diouf Campbell The Mayor’s Office of M/WBEs hosted a networking reception in Albany during the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators’ 48th Annual Legislative Conference to discuss goals, achievements, and future of M/WBEs in … Read More

NYC Department of Small Business Services hosts M/WBE Forum at MIST Harlem

Photos : Isseu Diouf Campbell NYC Department of Small Business Services hosted the Manhattan M/WBE Forum on November 27, 2018 at MIST Harlem. The event was an opportunity for SBS to connect entrepreneurs with over 20 NYC agencies, teach them how … Read More

Photos: Press conference NYCEDC To Award Over A Half-Billion Dollars In Contracts To M/WBE Construction Firms

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Video: New York State agencies have billions of dollars to spend with MWBEs

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Photos: Empire State Development hosts first Regional MWBE Opportunities EXPO in New York City

Photos by Isseu Diouf Campbell   Empire State Development, the economic development arm for New York State, hosted its first regional MWBE Opportunities EXPO on April 13, 2017 at Lehman College in the Bronx. The Regional MWBE Expo was designed … Read More

Video: M/WBE construction firms to receive nearly $80 Million in projects in New York

By Isseu Diouf Campbell New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) President and CEO James Patchett announced at a press conference last month that nearly $80 million in projects are already in the pipeline to be awarded to McKissack and McKissack, … Read More

Event: Open house for $16 billion city contracts to Minority and Women-owned Businesses – MWBE

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Office of Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprises and the Department of Small Business Services (SBS) will host an M/WBE Open House on Thursday, December 8 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Lehman College in the Bronx. … Read More

Increase Your Ability to do business with the MTA

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Free workshop: Increase Your Ability to Obtain Port Authority of NY & NJ Contracts

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Mayor Bill de Blasio signs legislation increasing transparency and accountability around M/WBE contracting

On September 28, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law 6 pieces of legislation relating to M/WBEs– Intros. 923-A, 976-A, 981-B, 1005-A, 1019-A and 1020-A, in relation to increasing accountability and access for the city’s M/WBEs. “These bills bring us … Read More

The Black Institute to host Access to Credit & Capital for MWBEs Town Hall today

The Black Institute with The Black Latino and Asian Caucus are hosting an Access to Credit & Capital for Minority & Women Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs) Town Hall Forum on September 29, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. at RWDSU located at … Read More