Making the Grade

Law Department,

July 1, 2014

M/WBE Letter Grade

Letter Grade Overview

The Law Department exceeded the goals for standard services with Women-owned businesses and for goods with Asian American and Hispanic American businesses. However, in its largest spending category – professional services – the agency failed to spend with two of the three eligible minority groups. This brought its overall grade to a C.

About Law

The Law Department is responsible for all of the legal affairs of the City of New York. The Department represents the City, the Mayor, other elected officials and the City’s agencies in all affirmative and defensive civil litigation.

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Agency Fiscal Year 2014 Spending within Local Law 174*

  African American Asian American Hispanic American Women Non M/WBE
  $ % $ % $ % $ % $
Construction $0 0.00% $0 0.00% $0 0.00% $0 0.00% $0
Professional Services $0 0.00% $0 No Goal $0 0.00% $778,210 20.02% $22,088,709
Standard Services $96,349 17.44% $7,028 5.09% $15,117 5.47% $1,391,041 302.19% $3,093,636
Goods < $100K $9,067 14.84% $215,845 309.12% $49,173 112.68% $26,148 11.98% $572,590
Total LL174 Spending $105,416 $222,873 $64,289 $2,195,399 $25,754,935
Weighted Grade F C F B N/A

$ = the dollar amount spent in the Local Law 174 eligible category. % = the percentage of the Local Law 174 target that was achieved.

* Letter grades are calculated using a weighted average of agency spending across population groups and sectors. All dollars and percents are based on Local Law 174 and exclude categories described in Appendix D: Methodology. For a complete worksheet detailing how this agency grade was calculated, see Appendix B: Worksheets.

M/WBE Letter Grade Worksheet

Reference: Local Law 174 Target Spending Percent

Category C PS SS G
African American (AFA) 8% 12% 12% 7%
Asian American (AA) 8% No Goal 3% 8%
Hispanic American (HA) 4% 8% 6% 5%
Women (W) 18% 17% 10% 25%
C: Construction  PS: Professional Services. SS: Standard Services G: Goods

Reference: Grade Scale

Weighted % Score Avg. Score Grade
> 80 5 > 4.25 A
> 60 4 > 3.25 B
> 40 3 > 2.25 C
> 20 2 > 1.25 D
< 20 1 < 1.25 F

Step 1: Total Eligible Spending Per Industry

Total Eligible Spending C PS SS G
$28,342,913 $0 $22,866,919 $4,603,171 $872,823

Step 2: Weighted Matrix (Industry Spending/Total Eligible Spending)

Category C PS SS G
AFA, HA, W 0.00% 80.68% 16.24% 3.08%
AA No Goal

Step 3: Actual LL174 M/WBE Spending

Category C PS SS G
African American $0 $0 $96,349 $9,067
Asian American $0 $0 $7,028 $215,845
Hispanic American $0 $0 $15,117 $49,173
Women $0 $778,210 $1,391,041 $26,148

Step 4: Actual Spending Percentage (Actual LL174 M/WBE Spending/Industry Spending)

Category C PS SS G
African American 0.00% 0.00% 2.09% 1.04%
Asian American 0.00% 0.00% 0.15% 24.73%
Hispanic American 0.00% 0.00% 0.33% 5.63%
Women 0.00% 3.40% 30.22% 3.00%

Step 5: LL174 M/WBE Spending as Percentage of Target Achieved (Actual Spending Percentage/LL174 Target)

Category C PS SS G
African American 0.00% 0.00% 17.44% 14.84%
Asian American 0.00% No Goal 5.09% 309.12%
Hispanic American 0.00% 0.00% 5.47% 112.68%
Women 0.00% 20.02% 302.19% 11.98%

Step 6: Final Score

Category C PS SS G
African American 3.29% F 1 2.25
Asian American 53.55% C 3
Hispanic American 4.36% F 1
Women 65.60% B 4

Subcontract Data

Law Department, FY 2014

Total Reported Spending LL174 Eligible Spending Non Eligible Spending
No Data No Data No Data
LL174 Sub Spending Construction Goods Professional Services Standard Services M/WBE Total
African American No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
Asian American No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
Hispanic American No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
Women No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
Industry Total No Data No Data No Data No Data No Data
$242 billion
Aug
2022