General Election
New York CityProposal 2
City contracting
Changes contractor information requirements, approval authority, public review and the procurement board’s meeting schedule.
The official question
Official sourceReduce City Contractor Paperwork; Require Regular Meetings of Procurement Policy Board
Reduce paperwork for City contractors by authorizing Procurement Policy Board to simplify contractor questionnaire. Require quarterly meetings of the Procurement Policy Board. Remove mandatory hearing for required client services report.
Official YES and NO descriptions
“Yes” amends Procurement Policy Board authority, including to simplify contractor questionnaire; authorizes Mayor to delegate certain contract approvals.
“No” leaves laws unchanged, with Mayor and Comptroller maintaining longer questionnaire.
What your vote means
Let procurement bodies change contractor questionnaires, permit additional delegated contract approvals, change public-review requirements and require quarterly procurement-board meetings.
Retain the current questionnaire rules, limits on delegated approvals and client-services-plan hearings; do not add the quarterly meeting mandate or new threshold-setting power.
Before you decide
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Inside this proposal
See every changeContractor questionnaires
Give the Procurement Policy Board rulemaking control over required information; give the Franchise and Concession Review Committee equivalent power for its contracts.
Contract approvals
Allow delegation to agency chief contracting officers with the agency head’s consent.
Client-services plans
Remove the draft-plan and hearing requirements.
Quarterly meetings
Require the Procurement Policy Board to meet at least quarterly.
Contract notice and comments
Make the threshold subject to board rule and make notice-and-comment authority permanent.
Who’s weighing in
All statements
Human Services Council
July 23, 2026
“Nonprofits are lifelines in communities, and can no longer operate under the status quo of antiquated processes and delayed payments and that’s why HSC is pleased to see COGE seek reforms to the Charter to simplify the procurement process and help address the chronic delays nonprofits face getting City contracts approved and paid”
— Michelle Jackson, Executive Director of the Human Services Council
Reinvent Albany
July 22, 2026
“We strongly support quarterly meeting requirements for the Procurement Policy Board, which has not met on a regular basis, even while many important contracting policies should be addressed. We also support tailoring vendor questionnaires more specifically to industries to streamline data reporting.”
— Reinvent Albany, written statement