May
WOMEN BUILDER’S COUNCIL
Public Policy Meeting Agenda, Virtual Meeting
1. Update on Advocacy Day 5/21/2025
Meetings with Legislators. Met with Majority Leader Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes, Senator James Sanders, Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright and Assembly Member Amanda Septimo
Press Conference at Million Dollar Staircase Assembly Member Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn
Review Talking Points Shared
2. Meeting with ESD Scheduled for 6/9/2025
Meeting scheduled with WBC. STA and BTEA with ESD MWBE team on 6/9/2025
Preparation meeting 5/29/2025
Update on NYS Disparity Study Presentation
3. Mid-America Milling Case Update
Intervenors motion was granted
4. Re-Authorization of Article 15A
5 Subcommittees-Updates (Chairs in Bold)
Certification Subcommittee – Felice Farber (STA), Joanna Karageorgiou (Kleinberg), Roxanne Guerrerio (KCM), Danielle Sweet (Sweet Construction)
Action Items:i. Draft email to all WBC members on certification guidance
ii. Confirm whether NYC performs site visits on applicants
DBE Program Litigation – Felice Farber, Roxanne Guerrerio (KCM)
Action Items:i. Chair PPC and ED to draft email asking all WBC members to share DBE news and updates with Felice
NAICS Code Size Standard/Personal Net Worth -- Krissy DiNapoli (KND), Roxanne Guerrerio (KCM)
Action Items:
i. Ask Krissy DiNapoli to act as the Chair of this committee
ii. Confirm if Angela Provisoto’s NAICS code issue is still pending.
iii. Reach out to Tynesha Dyer, Deputy Commissioner at SBS to understand if and how NYC matches NAICS codes to contracts for MWBE vendor assignment.
Disparity Studies - Deborah Bradley, Tanya Pope, Nayada Lugjji, Debra Inwald
Action Items:
Presentation with ESD on study cancelled per new funding to revise study in state budget
i. Confirm with SBS if CUNY Disparity Study is also considering changes in certification process for greater efficiency
6. Construction Mentor Bill, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6315
7. New Business/Open Discussion
