N.Y. New York State Printing and Public Documents Law § 8: Right to annul contracts

§ 8. Right to annul contracts. Upon the failure or non-performance of

the terms of any of the contracts awarded pursuant to this chapter on

the part of the contractors with the state, the commissioner of general

services or the state agency may annul the contract in which default is

made and the comptroller shall withhold payment from the contractor for

all work performed thereunder until the damage to the state shall be

ascertained by proper adjudication, and the commissioner of general

services or the state agency, may relet the contract for the balance of

the uncompleted term of a contract so annulled or abrogated in the

manner prescribed in the provisions of this chapter.