New Bills Would Force City Contractors to Disclose Boardroom Demographics

Will Bredderman

Council members Elizabeth Crowley and Darlene Mealy rallied this morning with women’s advocacy groups in favor of a pair of bills that would obligate companies doing business with the city to reveal the race and gender of their executives and directors.

The co-chairs of the Council’s Women’s Caucus made their push for the bills’ passage on “Equal Pay Day.” Joined on the steps by Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo, chairwoman of the Committee on Women’s Issues, Public Advocate Letitia James and a host of feminists decked in symbolic red, Ms. Crowley and Ms. Cumbo asserted that increased transparency would help smash glass ceilings.



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