Mayor Adams Announces Significant Progress On Building Faster, Better, More Efficiently As Governor Hochul Signs Alternative Delivery Into Law

November 25, 2024

New Report Shows Implementation of Capital Process Reform Task Force Recommendations, Saving Time and Taxpayer Dollars

Thanks to Governor Hochul, New Contracting Tools Will Allow City to Cut Red Tape, Advance Projects Faster, Build Higher-Quality Projects That Create Opportunities for M/WBEs

Comes After Mayor Adams, Building & Construction Trades Council Sign PLAs Enabling Faster, More Efficient Infrastructure Work, Ensuring Projects Create Good Union Jobs

NEW YORK-New York City Mayor Eric Adams today released a new report showing significant progress in reforming how public infrastructure is constructed across the five boroughs and celebrated New York Governor Kathy Hochul's signing of legislation last week that enables the city to cut red tape and deliver projects faster and more efficiently for New Yorkers. The report outlines how the city has fully implemented, or is in the process of implementing, 100 percent of the Capital Process Reform Task Force's 39 recommendations, made in 2022, to more efficiently deliver public infrastructure across New York City. The legislation Governor Hochul signed today-sponsored by New York Senator Leroy Comrie and New York Assemblymember Ed Braunstein-will build on that progress by expanding the city's ability to use progressive design-build and construction manager build-two contracting models which cut time-consuming and expensive steps out of the outdated design-bid-build model, resulting in faster, more efficient project delivery. Governor Hochul also signed legislation-sponsored by New York Senator Luis Sepulveda and New York Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar-which will allow New Yorkers to submit comments on procurements over $100,000 online as opposed to requiring an in-person hearing; this will save an average of 20 days on every applicable project timeline.

Read the full Mayoral Press Release.