N.Y. Const. art. XIII, § 14: Legislature may regulate wages, hours, etc. of public employees and of persons employed on public contracts

§ 14. The legislature may regulate and fix the wages or salaries and

the hours of work or labor, and make provisions for the protection,

welfare and safety, of persons employed by the state or by any county,

city, town, village or other civil division of the state, or by any

contractor or subcontractor performing work, labor or services for the

state or for any county, city, town, village or other civil division

thereof.