Days before Brooklyn’s commercial sectors fill with Small Business Saturday shoppers, New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams urged the city to rethink its position on how it supports minority entrepreneurs — and to do so at a moment when many institutions nationwide are scaling back on DEI initiatives.

In a new report titled “Diverse Entrepreneurial Inclusion,” Williams outlined structural gaps in city contracting and argues that Minority and Women-Owned Businesses Enterprises (M/WBE) continue to be disadvantaged, despite years of promises and programming.

Williams framed the report within the city’s long-standing identity as a homefor diverse entrepreneurs.

“In New York City, we have long strived to celebrate diversity, recognizing it as a strength for not only our cultur

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