Newsletters and Articles

December 22, 2003 - The KIP Business Report M/WBEs Issued a Call to Action At last, Black, Hispanic, Asian and women business owners will have a chance to be heard. . .

September 12, 2003 - The KIP Business Report Is NYC Shutting Out Minority Firms? After years of hostile opposition from the Giuliani Administration and patronizing indifference from the previous City Council,. . .

August 28, 2003 - New York Daily News $1 million questions in minority biz probe The City Council launched a $1 million study yesterday to gauge if the city is shortchanging minority-owned businesses. . .

August 28, 2003 - HolaHoy.com (Spanish publication) Contract equity of the city?

August 20, 2003 - Voices that Must Be Heard (Ethnic and immigrant press web site) Who gets city contracts? Councilman James Sanders Jr., chair of the City Council’s Economic Development Committee, announced yesterday that the committee is launching an investigation into the distribution of city contracts among minorities.. . .

December 8-14, 2000 - Asian Week Court bans minority outreach ordinance The state Supreme Court last Thursday unanimously upheld a lower court decision that overturned a San Jose ordinance. . .

July 29, 2000 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette City to scrap rules on awarding contracts, setting minority participation goals The release of a four-year study of government contracting to minority- and women-owned businesses will spur the city to junk old regulations. . .

November 18, 1996 - San Francisco Business Times Firm's studies underpin opportunity The passage of Proposition 209 hit close to home for Eleanor Mason Ramsey's business, Mason Tillman Associates Ltd.

July 8, 1996 - Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal City target laudable, but is aim true? The passage of Proposition 209 hit close to home for Eleanor Mason Ramsey's business, Mason Tillman Associates Ltd.