Increasing diversity in government contracts through partnership and policy

Event link: https://events.cityandstate.com/diversity-procurement-summit-2025/

New York leads the country in supporting and including Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises in governmental procurement and contracts.

With around 11,000 MWBEs registered with New York City alone, city and state agencies have been working, separately and collaboratively, to improve certification procedures for diverse businesses, streamline contracting systems and educate business owners on governmental processes.

City & State’s Diversity & Procurement Summit: Facilitating Government Partnerships for NY’s Businesses, held on Thursday at 630Second in Manhattan’s Kips Bay, touched on these partnerships and the ways that the city’s and state’s respective MWBE programs can be strengthened and expanded.