Committee on Contracts · Feb 25, 2026
Wednesdayat least 3 h 32 min3 officials identified23 public speakers4 agenda itemsRoll call: 5 present, 2 absent (clerk)Video: Viebit
The longest item after routine business: Oversight - Ensuring Timely Payments for Nonprofits and Human Service Providers., 8 min.
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- 6:22Oversight - Ensuring Timely Payments for Nonprofits and Human Service Providers.
- 14:41This bill would establish a task force to study the disparity in contracting between city vendors who are awarded contracts and available community-based vendors. The task force would be required to identify circumstance
- 14:52The proposed legislation would require payment of prevailing wages to human service workers providing human services pursuant to City contracts. Specifically, the proposed bill would require human service providers to pa
- 15:20Certain purchase contracts to purchase food can be awarded to a qualified bidder who complies with certain standards when such bid is not more than 10% higher than the lowest possible bidder (S.7638-B/A.8091-B).
What happened
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- The Committee on Contracts held an oversight hearing on nonprofit and human service contract payments, and also heard two bills and one resolution.6:06
- A councilmember described Intro 441, a task force on disparities in city contracting, and Intro 452, a wage requirement for city-contracted human service workers.16:46
- The chair announced the hearing was adjourned.
Who spoke
3 officials identified · talk time, most first.
- Lincoln RestlerChair · District 33 · 57 minFirst speaks at 6:06
- Althea V. StevensDistrict 16 · 6.6 minFirst speaks at 16:46
- Gale A. BrewerDistrict 6 · 2.5 minFirst speaks at 1:01:14
Roll call: 5 present, 0 excused, 2 absent. From the clerkPublic comment: 23 speakers.
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Hamlet, “Committee on Contracts, Feb 25, 2026: New York.” https://cities.myhamlet.com/nyc/contracts/meetings/2026-02-25. Data as of Oct 9, 2026 (version d14b03c); meeting of Feb 25, 2026.