Making the Grade

New York Citywide,

November 13, 2017

M/WBE Letter Grade

Letter Grade Overview

The City of New York had $5.4 billion in total M/WBE-eligible spending. Taken together, the City agencies graded received a D+ grade, earning a C grade with Asian Americans, D grades with Hispanic American and women-owned firms, and an F grade with Black-owned business. In FY 2017, the agencies graded spent $554 million with M/WBEs, an increase of $93.6 million since FY 2016, $209 million since FY 2015, and $207.9 million since FY 2014. In FY 2017, 10.2% of City spending went to M/WBEs compared to 6.0% in FY 2014.

About City

This citywide grade was calculated based on an average of all 31 agencies included in this report. The Comptroller’s Office is not included in the citywide grade.

Agency Fiscal Year 2017 Spending within Local Law 174*

  African American Asian American Hispanic American Women Non M/WBE
  $ % $ % $ % $ % $
Construction $17,107,134 8.39% $77,220,134 37.89% $37,004,565 36.31% $91,564,544 19.97% $2,324,820,913
Professional Services $10,481,105 7.35% $104,512,939 No Goal $20,919,971 22.00% $46,964,493 23.24% $1,005,925,467
Standard Services $13,724,724 9.48% $29,809,092 82.35% $7,136,415 9.86% $45,702,361 37.88% $1,110,192,766
Goods < $100K $5,694,270 16.76% $8,268,501 21.30% $7,873,186 32.44% $30,393,434 25.05% $433,136,262
Total LL174 Spending $47,007,233 $219,810,666 $72,934,137 $214,624,832 $4,874,075,408
Weighted Grade F C D D 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
$5,428,452,276 $2,547,717,290 $1,188,803,975 $1,206,565,359 $485,365,653

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

Category C PS SS G
AFA, HA, W 46.93% 21.90% 22.23% 8.94%
AA No Goal

Step 3: Actual LL174 M/WBE Spending

Category C PS SS G
African American $17,107,134 $10,481,105 $13,724,724 $5,694,270
Asian American $77,220,134 $104,512,939 $29,809,092 $8,268,501
Hispanic American $37,004,565 $20,919,971 $7,136,415 $7,873,186
Women $91,564,544 $46,964,493 $45,702,361 $30,393,434

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

Category C PS SS G
African American 0.67% 0.88% 1.14% 1.17%
Asian American 3.03% 8.79% 2.47% 1.70%
Hispanic American 1.45% 1.76% 0.59% 1.62%
Women 3.59% 3.95% 3.79% 6.26%

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

Category C PS SS G
African American 8.39% 7.35% 9.48% 16.76%
Asian American 37.89% No Goal 82.35% 21.30%
Hispanic American 36.31% 22.00% 9.86% 32.44%
Women 19.97% 23.24% 37.88% 25.05%

Step 6: Final Score

Category C PS SS G
African American 9.15% F 1 2
Asian American 48.64% C 3
Hispanic American 26.95% D 2
Women 25.12% D 2

Subcontract Data

New York Citywide, FY 2017

Total Reported Spending LL174 Eligible Spending Non Eligible Spending
Data Received $88,908,226 $377,253,615
LL174 Sub Spending Construction Goods Professional Services Standard Services M/WBE Total
African American $16,446,662 $9,900 $3,661,389 $1,695,804 $21,813,755
Asian American $9,297,894 $19,197 $0 $440,813 $9,757,904
Hispanic American $14,614,170 $401,033 $11,942,942 $224,067 $27,182,211
Women $19,175,695 $565,069 $9,480,422 $933,169 $30,154,355
Industry Total $59,534,420 $995,199 $25,084,753 $3,293,853 Data Received
$242 billion
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2022