N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 21, § 9606.2 – Definitions.

(a) Authority shall mean the New York City School Construction Authority.
(b) Applicant shall mean a business enterprise which has applied for certification as a bona fide minority- or woman-owned business enterprise.
(c) Business enterprise shall mean any entity, including a sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation which is authorized to and engages in lawful business transactions in accordance with New York State law.
(d) Certified business shall mean a business enterprise which has been approved for minority-owned business enterprise or woman-owned enterprise status subsequent to verification that the business enterprise is owned, operated, and controlled by minority group members or women.
(e) Day shall mean a business day unless otherwise specified.
(f) Director shall mean the director of the NYC School Construction Authority, Economic and Employment Opportunities Division.
(g) Minority-owned business enterprise shall mean a business enterprise, including a sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation that is:
1. (1) at least 51 percent owned by one or more minority group members;
2. (2) an enterprise in which such minority ownership is real, substantial and continuing;
3. (3) an enterprise in which such minority ownership has and exercises the authority to control and operate, independently, the day-to-day business decisions of the enterprise; and
4. (4) an enterprise authorized to do business in New York State and is independently owned and operated.
(h) [Reserved]
(i) Woman-owned business enterprise shall mean a business enterprise, including a sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation that is:
1. (1) at least 51 percent owned by one or more United States citizens or permanent resident aliens who are women;
2. (2) an enterprise in which the ownership interest of such women is real, substantial and continuing;
3. (3) an enterprise in which such women ownership has and exercises the authority to control and operate, independently, the day-to-day business decisions of the enterprise; and
4. (4) an enterprise authorized to do business in New York State and which is independently owned and operated.