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New York City Ballot Question 2: City contractor paperwork and the Procurement Policy Board

On the ballot in
City of New York
Vote
Yes or no
Election
Nov 3, 2026

The question, as printed on the ballot

Proposed Charter Amendment: Reduce 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. “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.

A “Yes” vote means

A yes vote lets the Procurement Policy Board simplify the contractor questionnaire, requires quarterly Board meetings, and lets the Mayor delegate certain contract approvals.

A “No” vote means

A no vote leaves the laws unchanged; the Mayor and Comptroller keep maintaining the longer contractor questionnaire.

Official plain English statement

This proposal would make various changes to the City’s laws governing procurement. It would allow the Procurement Policy Board to simplify a questionnaire that contractors must fill out before seeking City contracts to reduce burdens for smaller businesses contracting with the City; remove a requirement that agencies hold a hearing each year relating to a report about client services contracts; authorize the Mayor to delegate authority to approve certain contracts to agencies; and require the Procurement Policy Board to meet at least quarterly to promote transparency in the City’s rules governing procurement.

Question wording from the Board of Elections' Appendix A and its contest list; the plain-English text is the opening paragraph of the official abstract (Appendix B), which goes on to describe current law, the proposed changes and when they take effect.

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