Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday unveiled the first phase of his long-sought effort for the city to specifically hire a certain percentage of city-contracted workers from lower-income communities.
The initiative, known as “community hiring,” will begin with a request for proposal for $1.2 billion in city contracts for security guard and fire safety agent services, according to City Hall. The contracts are with the Department of Citywide Administrative Services — the agency charged with recruiting and hiring city workers as well as purchasing goods and services.
