Making the Grade

Police Department,

December 1, 2020

M/WBE Letter Grade

Letter Grade Overview

The Police Department had $232.8 million in M/WBE-eligible spending, with 12% on construction, 33% on professional services, 42% on standard services, and 13% on goods. The Police Department received a B grade, earning a D grade with African Americans, an A grade with Asian Americans, a B grade with Hispanic Americans, and an A grade with women-owned firms. In FY 20, the Police Department spent $56.5 million with M/WBEs, an additional $5.5 million since FY 19. This represents 24.3% M/WBE spending, a 2% increase in its M/WBE share since FY 19.

About NYPD

The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is the largest and one of the oldest municipal police departments in the United States. The NYPD is responsible for policing an 8.5-million-person city, by performing a wide variety of public safety, law enforcement, traffic management, counterterror, and emergency response roles.

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/about/about-nypd/about-nypd-landing.page

Agency Fiscal Year 2020 Spending within Local Law 174*

  African American Asian American Hispanic American Women Non M/WBE
  $ % $ % $ % $ % $
Construction $830,363 35.82% $2,196,885 94.76% $5,313,895 458.43% $9,209,914 176.56% $11,427,908
Professional Services $3,110,136 33.70% $819,689 No Goal $132,860 2.16% $309,684 2.37% $72,542,236
Standard Services $120,528 1.04% $10,211,403 352.13% $89,692 1.55% $14,162,009 146.51% $72,080,765
Goods < $100K $1,038,759 49.10% $2,207,450 91.31% $1,991,487 131.80% $4,740,836 62.75% $20,241,721
Total LL174 Spending $5,099,786 $15,435,426 $7,527,935 $28,422,443 $176,292,630
Weighted Grade D A B A 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
$232,778,220 $28,978,965 $76,914,605 $96,664,397 $30,220,253

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

Category C PS SS G
AFA, HA, W 12.45% 33.04% 41.53% 12.98%
AA No Goal

Step 3: Actual LL174 M/WBE Spending

Category C PS SS G
African American $830,363 $3,110,136 $120,528 $1,038,759
Asian American $2,196,885 $819,689 $10,211,403 $2,207,450
Hispanic American $5,313,895 $132,860 $89,692 $1,991,487
Women $9,209,914 $309,684 $14,162,009 $4,740,836

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

Category C PS SS G
African American 2.87% 4.04% 0.12% 3.44%
Asian American 7.58% 1.07% 10.56% 7.30%
Hispanic American 18.34% 0.17% 0.09% 6.59%
Women 31.78% 0.40% 14.65% 15.69%

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

Category C PS SS G
African American 35.82% 33.70% 1.04% 49.10%
Asian American 94.76% No Goal 352.13% 91.31%
Hispanic American 458.43% 2.16% 1.55% 131.80%
Women 176.56% 2.37% 146.51% 62.75%

Step 6: Final Score

Category C PS SS G
African American 22.40% D 2 4
Asian American 253.71% A 5
Hispanic American 75.54% B 4
Women 91.75% A 5

Subcontract Data

Police Department, FY 2020

Total Reported Spending LL174 Eligible Spending Non Eligible Spending
$12,878,058 $8,557,529 $4,320,529
LL174 Sub Spending Construction Goods Professional Services Standard Services M/WBE Total
African American $745,000 $0 $2,000 $103,212 $850,212
Asian American $236,793 $0 $0 $0 $236,793
Hispanic American $5,172,305 $0 $76,880 $0 $5,249,185
Women $1,966,233 $0 $209,802 $45,304 $2,221,339
Industry Total $8,120,332 $0 $288,682 $148,515 $12,878,058
$242 billion
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