N.Y. Public Housing Law § 152: Labor requirements

§ 152. Labor requirements. All contracts of an authority involving

the employment, among others, of laborers, workmen or mechanics shall be

in conformity with the provisions of article eight of the labor law, and

such provisions shall be deemed terms of all such contracts; and for the

purpose of obtaining the prevailing rate of wages or fees for such

contracts, the authority shall proceed in the same manner as the

municipality in which the authority operates. All such contracts

involving the employment, among others, of architects, draftsmen or

technicians, whether or not working on the site of the project, shall

contain a provision requiring that the wages or fees prevailing in the

municipality shall be paid to such architects, draftsmen and

technicians; and for the purpose of obtaining the prevailing rate of

wages or fees, the authority shall proceed in the same manner as the

municipality proceeds in obtaining the prevailing rate of wages or fees

for laborers, workmen and mechanics; and the industrial commissioner of

the state or the municipal comptroller, as the case may be, shall

determine such prevailing rates of wages or fees upon application of an

authority in the same manner as provided by article eight of the labor

law for laborers, workmen and mechanics. Employees of all contractors

and subcontractors employed under or by virtue of such contracts shall

have the right to organize and to bargain collectively through

representatives of their own choosing.