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UPDATE Applications Open for 2nd Cohort of M/WBE Mentoring Program, Deadline Extended to June 30

Major Construction Along East Mosholu Parkway North Hurting Local Businesses
CREWS AT THE site of a sewer construction project at East Mosholu Parkway North near Jerome Avenue.
Photo by Michael Turay

Commissioner Thomas Foley of NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced that the application period for firms and small businesses interested in participating in the second cohort of the Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBEs) Mentoring Program was open. The original deadline of May 15 has since been extended to June 30. City officials said the DDC M/WBE Mentoring Program is the first of its type for a New York City mayoral agency.

 

Qualifying firms must be in the construction industry, have been in business for at least one year, and are certified by the NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) as an M/WBE or “small business” (an independently owned and operated non-M/WBE with average annual gross earnings between $150,000 and $500,000 during the last three calendar years).

 

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