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“Still, it is a step in the right direction and should be enthusiastically approved.”

— Abundance New York

“Reducing unnecessary administrative burdens can help smaller businesses and nonprofits participate in City contracting, while regular Procurement Policy Board meetings provide an additional opportunity for oversight. Transparency and safeguards protecting public funds must remain intact.”

— Common Cause New York

“JFREJ recommends voting yes on all five ballot measures.”

— Jews For Racial & Economic Justice

“These proposals will not overhaul the system, but they could improve it at the margins by allowing city agencies to get money out the door faster and reducing staff time dedicated to sparsely attended hearings. But there are risks. Specifically, we are concerned about the plan to give the administration, through the Procurement Policy Board, the authority to rewrite the questionnaire that new vendors must submit.”

— Citizens Union

“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.”

— Reinvent Albany

“Reducing contractor paperwork should not come with reduced public review or unclear changes in oversight responsibilities.”

— D9 Harlem Votes

“we support the land use proposals in ballot questions #1, 2, and 4”

— Municipal Art Society of New York

“By eliminating criteria requirements for applicants, information may be removed that could have highlighted incompetency, corruption or poor past performance.”

— League of Women Voters of the City of New York

“The Council is concerned by the speed and process through which the Administration advanced these Charter Revision Commission proposals”

— New York City Council spokesperson

“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

“When contracted Head Start providers face payment delays from the City, it leads not only to late and missing paychecks but also to the sudden closures of these facilities that New York families rely on. I'm grateful to see more streamlining of the procurement process in these ballot proposals.”

— Linda McPherson, President of Local 95 Head Start Employees

“We applaud the Committee's ballot proposals to make the City's procurement and award process more efficient so that the workers who deliver these important services are no longer left in the dark about the security of their next paycheck.”

— Robert Ramos, President of Local 205 Day Care Employees

“Addressing late payments will keep the doors to community-serving organizations open for 3m New Yorkers who depend on them and will ensure that the workforce gets paid on time so they can take care of their own families. 1digit congratulates COGE on its important procurement recommendations”

— Jennifer Geiling, President of 1digit

“Bronx businesses know firsthand how valuable a more coordinated and predictable approach to permitting and City contracting can be”

— Lisa Sorin, President of the Bronx Chamber of Commerce

“As the city’s largest provider of shelter for families, COGE's reforms will cut through the red tape that keep us from serving families faster, meaning we can focus on what we do best.”

— Christine C. Quinn, President & CEO of Win

“Streamlining approvals for outdoor dining, accessibility ramps, benches, and sidewalk improvements, while modernizing City contracting, will help reduce costs, eliminate unnecessary red tape, and create greater opportunities for small businesses and nonprofit organizations.”

— Nina Flores, Executive Director of the Staten Island Business Outreach Center & Forest Avenue BID

“Cutting contracting timelines from thirteen months to six returns that capital to its real purpose: building businesses, housing, and opportunity.”

— Sharon Joseph, CEO & President of Harlem Commonwealth Council

“Faster, fairer business approvals and contracting means small businesses and community-based nonprofits spend less time navigating City Hall and more time serving their neighborhoods. We commend the Commission for listening, and we're proud to support these changes.”

— Julie Shapiro, CEO of CitizensNYC

“We're excited to see Mayor Mamdani's Charter Revision Commission advancing practical reforms that modernize city government by reducing unnecessary bureaucracy, simplifying permitting, improving procurement, and helping government work more effectively”

— Julie Samuels, President and CEO of Tech:NYC

“All that amounts to real improvement.”

— Vital City