New York Office of General Services (OGS) Commissioner JoAnn Destito recently announced that Little Jimmy’s Entertainment Inc., a Syracuse business that installs and services ATM machines, and Shamrock Portable Restrooms LLC, a Syracuse company that provides portable restroom rentals, have been certified as service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (SDVOBs). The New York OGS Division of Service-Disabled Veterans’ […]
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New York Office of General Services (OGS) Commissioner JoAnn Destito recently announced that Little Jimmy’s Entertainment Inc., a Syracuse business that installs and services ATM machines, and Shamrock Portable Restrooms LLC, a Syracuse company that provides portable restroom rentals, have been certified as service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (SDVOBs).
The New York OGS Division of Service-Disabled Veterans’ Business Development (DSDVBD) issued the certification. The division was created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in 2014 through enactment of the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business Act. More than 520 businesses in the Empire State have been certified, according to the state OGS’s online directory of SDVOBs.
The law promotes and encourages participation of SDVOBs in New York State public procurements of public works, commodities, services, and technology to “foster and advance economic development” in the state.
For a business to receive certification, one or more service-disabled veterans — with a service-connected disability rating of 10 percent or more from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (or from the New York State Division of Veterans’ Affairs for National Guard veterans) — must own at least 51 percent of the business. Other criteria include: the business must be independently owned and operated and have a significant business presence in New York, it must have conducted business for at least one year prior to the application date, and it must qualify as a small business under the New York State program. Several more requirements also need to be met.
More information on the program and the certification process can be found at http://ogs.ny.gov/Core/SDVOBA.asp