New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 21 - Miscellaneous
Chapter LXXIV - New York City School Construction Authority
Part 9606 - Guidelines For Minority And Women Business Enterprise Certification
Section 9606.2 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 21 NY Comp Codes Rules and Regs ยง 9606.2

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024

(a) Authority shall mean the New York City School Construction Authority.

(b) Applicant shall mean a business enterprise which has applied for certification as a bona fide minority- or woman-owned business enterprise.

(c) Business enterprise shall mean any entity, including a sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation which is authorized to and engages in lawful business transactions in accordance with New York State law.

(d) Certified business shall mean a business enterprise which has been approved for minority-owned business enterprise or woman-owned enterprise status subsequent to verification that the business enterprise is owned, operated, and controlled by minority group members or women.

(e) Day shall mean a business day unless otherwise specified.

(f) Director shall mean the director of the NYC School Construction Authority, Economic and Employment Opportunities Division.

(g) Minority-owned business enterprise shall mean a business enterprise, including a sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation that is:

(1) at least 51 percent owned by one or more minority group members;

(2) an enterprise in which such minority ownership is real, substantial and continuing;

(3) an enterprise in which such minority ownership has and exercises the authority to control and operate, independently, the day-to-day business decisions of the enterprise; and

(4) an enterprise authorized to do business in New York State and is independently owned and operated.

(h) [Reserved]

(i) Woman-owned business enterprise shall mean a business enterprise, including a sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation that is:

(1) at least 51 percent owned by one or more United States citizens or permanent resident aliens who are women;

(2) an enterprise in which the ownership interest of such women is real, substantial and continuing;

(3) an enterprise in which such women ownership has and exercises the authority to control and operate, independently, the day-to-day business decisions of the enterprise; and

(4) an enterprise authorized to do business in New York State and which is independently owned and operated.

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