MWBE DEFINITIONS:
A Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE) shall mean a small business enterprise that is periodically certified by the City’s Department of Neighborhood and Business Development as satisfying the following criteria:
- At least fifty-one percent (51%) is owned and controlled by minority group members who are United States citizens or permanent resident aliens; or in the case of a publicly owned business, at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the stock of the business is owned by minority group members who are United States citizens or permanent resident aliens.
- The management and daily operations of the business are controlled by one or more of the minority group members who own it and,
- the business has its principal operation, or has permanently staffed offices located within Onondaga County. The following definitions will apply within this general category.
Minority Person: an individual who is Black, Hispanic, Asian, American Indian or Alaskan Native.
Black Person: an individual having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
Hispanic: a person of Spanish culture whose place of birth was in Mexico, South or Central America, Cuba, Puerto Rico, regardless of race.
American Indian: a person having origins in any of the original peoples of North America and who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community recognition.
Asian/Pacific Islander: a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast, Asia, the Indian Sub-Continent, or the Pacific Islands. This area includes for example, China, Japan, Korea, Samoa and the Philippine Islands.
A Woman-owned Business Enterprise (WBE) shall mean a business that is periodically certified by the City’s Department of Neighborhood and Business Development as satisfying the following criteria:
- At least fifty-one percent (51%) of the business is owned and controlled by women who are United States citizens or permanent resident aliens, or in the case of a publicly owned business, at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the stock of business is owned by women who are United States citizens or permanent resident aliens.
- The management and daily operations of the business are controlled by one or more of the women who own it; and
3. The business has its principal operations, or has permanently staffed offices, located within Onondaga County.