City Council:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO
EXECUTE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT
#X060076 WITH THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE
OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES FOR
MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION HARDWARE TOKENS
Whereas, by correspondence dated September 28, 2026, the Commissioner of the Department of Management Services has requested that the City Council authorizes Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard, on behalf of the City of Mount Vernon, to execute Intergovernmental Agreement #X060076 with the New York State Office of Information Technology Services (“ITS”) for the City's receipt and deployment of one thousand two hundred (1,200) multi-factor authentication hardware tokens pursuant to the Combined FY2022 and FY2023 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program; and
Whereas, the City of Mount Vernon (the “City”), through its Department of Management Services, has been selected to receive one thousand two hundred (1,200) multi-factor authentication (“MFA”) hardware tokens pursuant to the Combined FY2022 and FY2023 State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (“SLCGP”), administered by the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (“DHSES”); and
Whereas, the MFA hardware tokens will be provided to the City by the New York State Office of Information Technology Services (“ITS”) pursuant to Intergovernmental Agreement #X060076 (the “Agreement”); and
Whereas, the one thousand two hundred (1,200) MFA hardware tokens have an estimated total value of Ninety-Two Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Six Dollars ($92,376.00) and will be provided to the City in-kind at no cost to the City; and
Whereas, multi-factor authentication is a foundational cybersecurity measure designed to strengthen the security of information technology systems and protect government systems and data against unauthorized access and increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks; and
Whereas, the City intends to deploy the MFA hardware tokens to employees throughout City departments to enhance...
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