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9/29/2021
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's (MTA) program to mentor local minority-owned, women-owned and disadvantaged businesses (MWBE) has helped participating companies win a total of $500 million in MTA contracts since the state's program was founded in 2010, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced this week.
A $2 million contract to Alliance Tri-State Construction Inc. of Staten Island was the decisive award that put the total over the half billion mark. It is the 485th contract to be awarded to a participating business since the start of the program.
MTA Chief Diversity Officer Michael Garner and his team, working closely with MTA Construction and Development and the MTA Office of Construction Oversight, have led the authority to an unprecedented pace of activity in recent years, with hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts awarded, according to an MTA press release.
Hochul said she is committed to "leveling the playing field" so that MWBEs have increased access to state contracts.
"New York is a national leader when it comes to working with MWBEs to help ensure that talented business leaders from across our state can bring their unique and valuable perspectives into our projects," the governor said. "Our diversity is our strength, and by utilizing the special skills of women and people of color in what we do, we are making our economy more inclusive and more robust."