Committee on Contracts meeting
February 25, 2026, 11:30 AM
The Committee on Contracts held hearings on timely payments to nonprofits and human service providers, along with Int 0441-2026, which would establish a task force to study disparities in city contracting, and Int 0452-2026, which would set wage requirements for workers employed by city-contracted human services organizations. The committee also heard Res 0183-2026, calling on the state legislature to allow food contracts to go to bidders meeting certain standards even when their price is up to 10 percent higher than the lowest bid.
What was discussed
- Chair Restler opens the hearing on nonprofit payment delays and contracting equity Council Member Lincoln Restler, Chair of the Committee on Contracts, opened the oversight hearing on ensuring timely payments to nonprofits and human-service providers, and Council Member Althea V. Stevens introduced the day's two bills: Intro 441, establishing a task force to examine racial and
- How large is the nonprofit payment backlog, and how is the city clearing it? Kim Yu, Director and City Chief Procurement Officer at the Mayor's Office of Contract Services (MOCS), and Michael Sedillo, Executive Director of the Mayor's Office of Nonprofit Services (MONS), told Chair Restler and Council Members Brewer and Stevens that the registration backlog stood at about
- Does the administration support the contracting-disparity task force and human-services wage bill? Pressed by Council Member Althea V. Stevens on whether the administration supports Intro 441, Executive Director Michael Sedillo said the administration is 'spiritually aligned' with the goal but stopped short of an endorsement, noting the administration had already issued an indirect cost rate
- Fund for the City of New York describes bridge financing for cash-strapped nonprofits Andrew Walrond, Vice President of Loan Programs at the Fund for the City of New York, with Executive Vice President Dr. Aldrin Bonilla and Chief Operating Officer Jill Borrero, described how the Fund's bridge loans, the Returnable Grant Fund, and other financing keep nonprofits afloat while city and
- Human-services and nonprofit leaders press for faster payments, a wage floor, and the disparity task force Nonprofit leaders urged the Council to fix chronic payment delays and pass the bills. Michelle Jackson of the Human Services Council and Kristin Miller of Homeless Services United described the toll of late payments on shelters and human-service agencies, Gregory Morris of the NYC Employment and
Agenda
4 items
- T2026-1156 Oversight - Ensuring Timely Payments for Nonprofits and Human Service Providers. Hearing Held by Committee
- Int 0441-2026 A Local Law in relation to establishing a task force to examine disparities in contracting Hearing Held by Committee
- Int 0452-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing wage requirements for city-contracted human services workers Hearing Held by Committee
- Res 0183-2026 Resolution calling on the State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.7638.B/A.8091.B, providing that certain 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 responsible Hearing Held by Committee