N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1232-o: Prevailing wage

§ 1232-o. Prevailing wage. Each contract to which the authority is a

party including, but not limited to, any contract, lease, grant, bond,

covenant or other debt agreement entered into directly or indirectly by

the authority financing or refinancing in whole or in part, the

construction, demolition, reconstruction, excavation, rehabilitation,

repair, renovation or alteration of a facility or an improvement to

property shall require that the work covered by such contract shall be

deemed "public work" and subject to and performed in accordance with

articles eight and nine of the labor law and, for the purposes of

article fifteen-A of the executive law only, the contracting party under

such contracts shall be deemed a state agency as that term is defined in

such article and such contracts shall be deemed state contracts within

the meaning of that term as set forth in such article. Project labor

agreements may be entered into wherever possible in order to protect the

financial interest of the county in such project by fostering labor

harmony in promoting efficient adoption of labor work rules and

practices.