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|  Prevailing Wage Oversight Signed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on October 6, 2006, Executive Order 73: Prevailing Wage Requirements in City Contracts mandates the provision of additional oversight, training, and resources by MOCS to ensure compliance with New York State Labor Laws 220 and 230. These state labor laws require that each laborer, skilled worker, and mechanic employed by contractors or subcontractors on the construction or maintenance of a public work must be paid at least the prevailing wage rate for the specific trade or occupation in the location where the work is performed, and provide supplemental benefits in accordance with the prevailing practices. In New York City, these rates are determined and kept up to date by the New York City Comptroller. |  |
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| Minority-and Women-owned Business Enterprises (M/WBE) Program Local Law 129 of 2005 created a program to increase opportunities for certified Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprises (M/WBE) to participate in City contracting. The program applies to City contracts and subcontracts in specified industries in amounts less than $1 million. The M/WBE program is administered jointly by MOCS and the Department of Small Business Services (SBS).  Learn more about the M/WBE program | |
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| Apprenticeship Program Pursuant to authority granted to the City of New York under State Labor Law ยง816-b, MOCS oversees City agency compliance with the requirement that construction contractors maintain apprenticeship agreements with programs registered with, and approved by, the New York State Department of Labor. The apprenticeship program directive, issued by MOCS on January 18, 2007, applies to individual construction contracts over $1 million on a capital project with an overall value of more than $5 million, and to individual construction contracts over $3 million on a capital project with an overall value of less than $5 million. If a prime contract is subject to the apprenticeship requirements, any subcontracts over $1 million are also covered by the directive. Learn more from the New York State Department of Labor Web site | |
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| Environmentally Preferable Purchasing The Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) program was enacted to improve the human health and environmental impact of goods and products purchased by the City by mandating the purchase of products that are environmentally preferable. Learn more | |
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