by Nora Ritinski | Feb 9, 2024 | Brendan R. Wolf, Construction, Construction Contracts, Government Procurement and Contracting
Couch White partner, Brendan Wolf, has been assisting Women-Owned Businesses (WBE) through their certification process as well as the appeals process in the event applications are denied by Empire State Development (ESD). Brendan’s expertise on these matters has...
by Nora Ritinski | Sep 5, 2023 | Construction, Construction Contracts, Donald J. Hillman, Government Procurement and Contracting, Governmental / Administrative Challenges & Appeals, Uncategorized
Couch White, LLP Partner, Don Hillmann, successfully appealed a denial for a recertification of a Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE) on behalf of Stefanie Wiley, President of Hoosick Valley Contractors (HVC). Stefanie is a third-generation majority owner of the...
by Nora Ritinski | May 25, 2023 | Construction, Construction Contracts, Donald J. Hillman, General
Couch White’s expert attorneys in construction and litigation release memo on New York State Department of Labor Contractor Registry Department’s new policy. Effective December 30, 2024, New York Labor Law section 220-i will require all contractors bidding...
by Lindsay Perkins | Oct 17, 2022 | Construction Contracts, Donald J. Hillman, General
Effective October 28, 2022, DoD, GSA, and NASA are issuing a final rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) to implement a section of the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019, requiring agencies to provide a notice,...
by Kimberly Schaffer | Dec 13, 2021 | Construction, Construction Contracts, Donald J. Hillman, General
As part of the Fiscal Year 2020-21 New York State Enacted Budget, lawmakers passed legislation which will expand prevailing wage requirements beyond public works projects to include some private projects as well – a first in the State’s history. The law, which becomes...
