Study: Minorities, Women Not Getting Fair Share of New York Contracts

[Tsiyu]

NEW YORK (AP) - Businesses owned by minorities and women have failed to win their fair share of city contracts, according to a study released Tuesday.
Researchers at Medgar Evers College, which conducted the analysis, found that only 11.7 percent of the $19 billion worth of contracts handed out from July 1997 to June 2002 went to firms owned by minorities and women.

The report, financed by the City Council, studied contracts from 23 mayoral agencies for the city, which is about 60 percent minority.

Among construction firms, the report found that businesses owned by white males won 71.5 percent of the contracts, although they represented only 43 percent of the available contractors.

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