Labor union says Parks Dept. should let them protest contract awarded to scandal-ridden company

Labor union says Parks Dept. should let them protest contract awarded to scandal-ridden company

A local labor union protested a contract the Parks Department gave to a company that recently pleaded guilty to insurance fraud. But the Parks Department said the union had no standing and continued awarding the company with multi-million dollar, taxpayer-funded contracts. Now, the union and group of lawmakers say the agency needs to change its public bidding process.

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Lander, Won meet with Queens nonprofit to talk city procurement

Lander, Won meet with Queens nonprofit to talk city procurement

City officials visited a nonprofit in the Queensbridge Houses Wednesday to pledge that community groups that contract with the city won’t have to jump through hoops to get paid any longer.


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