Making the Grade
Agency Grades
Fire Department, FY 2016
FDNY exceeded goals for standard services procurements from Asian American-owned firms and also increased spending with Hispanic American owned-firms in construction. However, the agency fell short of goals in all other categories and barely spent with M/WBEs in professional services. Taken together, these efforts resulted in an overall C grade, an improvement from the D received last year.
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Department of Housing Preservation and Development, FY 2016
HPD has earned an A grade for the second year in a row. The agency surpassed spending goals in seven categories and spent over 30 percent of eligible spending with M/WBEs.
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Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, FY 2016
DoITT significantly improved procurement with Women-owned businesses, but continued to receive failing marks across other groups. As a result, DoITT earned a D grade for the second year in a row.
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Department of Parks and Recreation, FY 2016
DPR decreased spending with Asian American-owned firms and continued to receive failing marks with Black American-owned firms. The agency only met spending goals with Women-owned firms in the standard services category. As a result, the agency grade remained a C.
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Department of Probation, FY 2016
DOP increased its spending with Women and Asian American-owned firms, but the agency decreased its spending with Hispanic American-owned firms and continued to spend poorly with Black American-owned firms. Accordingly, DOP earned another D this year.
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Department of Sanitation, FY 2016
DSNY had limited M/WBE spending across the board, failing to meet LL 1 goals in any category, despite its large procurement budget. This procurement spending earned DSNY an overall failing grade for the third year in a row.
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Department of Small Business Services, FY 2016
SBS increased spending with Black American and Asian American-owned firms. This resulted in SBS earning a B grade for the first time.
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Department of Transportation, FY 2016
DOT spent only $20 million out of $412 million with M/WBEs in the construction procurement category, DOT’s largest spending category. DOT met spending goals for Hispanic American, Asian American and Women-owned firms in goods procurement, but failed to achieve goals with respect to other M/WBE categories. For the third year in a row, DOT has earned a D grade.
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Department of Youth and Community Development, FY 2016
DYCD exceeded LL 1 goals for professional services spend with Black American-owned firms. While the agency increased spending with Asian American-owned firms, this was offset by a decrease in spending with Hispanic American-owned firms. These efforts earned DYCD another C grade.
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Department of Homeless Services, FY 2016
DHS significantly increased spending with Asian American-owned firms, but performed poorly with all other groups. This procurement spending resulted in DHS earning its third consecutive D grade.
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Human Resources Administration, FY 2016
HRA increased spending with Asian American-owned firms and exceeded LL 1 goals for Asian American and Hispanic American-owned firms in goods procurement. However, the agency failed to meet goals for professional services and standard services in any M/WBE category. As a result, HRA earned a D grade for a third year in a row.
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Landmarks Preservation Commission, FY 2016
Although LPC increased its M/WBE spending, the agency also increased its overall spending. LPC also decreased spending with Black American and Hispanic American-owned firms. As a result, the overall agency grade dropped from a B to C.
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Law Department, FY 2016
The Law Department exceeded goals for Asian American spending in goods procurement and with Women-owned firms in standard services. However, in its largest spending category, professional services, the agency failed to spend with M/WBEs in any meaningful way. Taken together, this resulted in an increase from a D grade to a C.
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Taxi and Limousine Commission, FY 2016
TLC’s procurement is primarily comprised of standard services, yet the agency had very limited spending in this category. Additionally, M/WBE spending was minimal except for spending with Hispanic American-owned firms in goods, leading TLC to its third consecutive D.
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Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, FY 2016
OATH decreased spending with both Asian American and Hispanic American-owned firms, and received failing marks for its spending with Black American and Women-owned firms. As a result, the overall agency grade decreased from a C to a D.
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NYC Emergency Management, FY 2016
While OEM increased spending with Black American-owned firms, the agency only achieved LL 1 goals for Hispanic American-owned firms in goods procurement. As a result, the agency earned a D for the third year in a row.
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