N.Y. Labor Law § 220-e: Provisions in contracts prohibiting discrimination on account of race, creed, color or national origin in employment of citizens upon pub...

§ 220-e. Provisions in contracts prohibiting discrimination on account

of race, creed, color or national origin in employment of citizens upon

public works. Every contract for or on behalf of the state or a

municipality for the construction, alteration or repair of any public

building or public work or for the manufacture, sale or distribution of

materials, equipment or supplies shall contain provisions by which the

contractor with the state or municipality agrees:

(a) That in the hiring of employees for the performance of work under

this contract or any subcontract hereunder, no contractor,

subcontractor, nor any person acting on behalf of such contractor or

subcontractor, shall by reason of race, creed, color, disability, sex or

national origin discriminate against any citizen of the state of New

York who is qualified and available to perform the work to which the

employment relates;

(b) That no contractor, subcontractor, nor any person on his behalf

shall, in any manner, discriminate against or intimidate any employee

hired for the performance of work under this contract on account of

race, creed, color, disability, sex or national origin;

(c) That there may be deducted from the amount payable to the

contractor by the state or municipality under this contract a penalty of

fifty dollars for each person for each calendar day during which such

person was discriminated against or intimidated in violation of the

provisions of the contract;

(d) That this contract may be cancelled or terminated by the state or

municipality, and all moneys due or to become due hereunder may be

forfeited, for a second or any subsequent violation of the terms or

conditions of this section of the contract; and

(e) The aforesaid provisions of this section covering every contract

for or on behalf of the state or a municipality for the manufacture,

sale or distribution of materials, equipment or supplies shall be

limited to operations performed within the territorial limits of the

state of New York.