N.Y. General Municipal Law § 125: Issuance of building permits

§ 125. Issuance of building permits. No city, town or village shall

issue a building permit without obtaining from the permit applicant

either:

1. proof duly subscribed that workers' compensation insurance and

disability benefits coverage issued by an insurance carrier in a form

satisfactory to the chair of the workers' compensation board as provided

for in section fifty-seven of the workers' compensation law is

effective; or

2. an affidavit that such permit applicant has not engaged an employer

or any employees as those terms are defined in section two of the

workers' compensation law to perform work relating to such building

permit.