The Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) regulation requires that each state have a “one-stop shopping” certification process. This means firms apply to only one agency for DBE certification, and that agency’s decision is honored by all other DBE certifying agencies (see below) and all entities within the state that receive funds from the United States Department of Transportation. The  New York State Unified Certification Program (NYSUCP) began to operate November 30, 2005. There are four agencies in New York State that administer a DBE certification program. They are:

• The Metropolitan Transportation Authority     

          Office of Civil Rights
          2 Broadway, 16th Floor
          New York, NY 10004-9256
          Telephone: (646) 252-1378
          Fax: (646) 252-1350
          cgreene@mtahq.org

• The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

          Small Business Programs
          New York, NY 10003
          Telephone: (212) 435-7817
          Fax: (212) 435-7828
         

• The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority

          Equal Employment Opportunity/Diversity Development Department
          181 Ellicott Street
          Buffalo, NY 14203
          Telephone: (716) 855-7489
          Fax: (716) 855-7657
          linda_seay@nfta.com

• The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT DBE Certification Unit page)

          Contract Audit Bureau
          DBE Certification
          50 Wolf Road, 1st Floor
          Albany, NY 12232
          Telephone: (518) 457-3180
          Fax: (518) 457-1675 
          jejones@dot.state.ny.us