The Division of Minority and Women's Business Development (DMWBD) has created a one-stop hub for everything you need to know about MWBE success in New York. See below for information on how to: become MWBE-certified; grow your MWBE business; find top opportunities and contracts with NYS agencies; and find MWBE-certified businesses to help carry ...

New York State supports small businesses and certified minority- and/or women-owned businesses through a variety of programs. In fact, in some cases, state agen

The certification process has been streamlined and there are several applications for firms looking to apply for a new NYS MWBE Certification or seeking to Recertify with NYS. All firms are subject to NYS eligibility requirements , and may be denied certification with NYS, even if certified by one of our certification partners.

Before applying to become a New York State certified MWBE, make sure your business in eligible by reviewing the requirements. If you are seeking to be certified or recertified—or if you've been instructed to submit a new application—start with the MWBE Certification Assessment Tool, and review the steps for NYS MWBE certification.

The City of New York Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (M/WBE) Program expands opportunities for minority and women entrepreneurs to access government contracts and grow their businesses. When eligible businesses are certified with the City they become more visible to prospective buyers, including City agencies and private ...

Former Governor Cuomo launched the MWBE Certification Campaign to encourage minority and women business owners to certify with the State and take advantage of current and upcoming State procurement opportunities and billions of dollars in State procurement opportunities.

To be eligible for MBE or WBE certification, a business enterprise must be at least fifty-one percent owned by one or more United States citizens or permanent resident aliens who are minority group members or women; the ownership interest of such minorities or women must be real, substantial and continuing; such minority or women ownership has a...

Pursuant to Article 15-A of the Executive Law, the M/WBE program is a state-regulated program that promotes business opportunities on state contracts for minorities and women. All commodity procurements of more than $25,000 and construction contracts of …

The City's certification programs feature the Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Program, the Emerging Business Enterprise (EBE) Program and the Locally-based Business Enterprise (LBE) Program. We certify, promote, and foster the growth of the City's M/WBEs and eligible small construction and construction-related businesses.

The New York State Bridge Authority (NYSBA) is committed to meeting Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) goals. NYSBA will seek out qualified/certified M/WBE firms (your firm must be certified by Empire State Development) to encourage participation with us as either Prime or Sub-contracting vendors on all of our projects and ...