N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 1621-g: Construction and purchase contracts

* § 1621-g. Construction and purchase contracts. 1. The authority

shall let contracts for construction in the same manner, so far as

practicable, as is provided by law for contracts for the city, except

that where the estimated expense of a contract does not exceed five

thousand dollars such contract may be entered into without public

letting. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the power

of the authority to do any construction directly by the officers, agents

and employees of the authority. Contracts for the purchase of supplies,

materials and equipment shall be let in the same manner as is provided

by law for contracts of the city.

2. For the purposes of article fifteen-A of the executive law only,

the authority shall be deemed a state agency, as the term is used in

such article, and its contracts for design, construction, services and

materials shall be deemed state contracts within the meaning of that

term as set forth in such article.

* NB Repealed per § 1621-r (see chapter 597 of 2023 § 2 for specifics)