N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 6-307: § 6-307 Office equipment energy use reduction.

a. Notwithstanding section 6-302 of this chapter, this section shall apply to every computer, printer, facsimile machine, photocopy machine and all other office equipment owned or leased by any agency that contains power management software that may be calibrated to achieve energy savings.

b. The power management software options of every computer, printer, facsimile machine, photocopy machine and other piece of office equipment that contains such software shall be calibrated to achieve the highest energy savings practicable.

c. For any computer that contains power management software, the computer monitor and central processing unit shall be set to enter into a low power mode after the shortest practicable period of inactivity. Any screensaver or other computer program that directly interferes with the proper functioning of the low power mode of any computer monitor or central processing unit, shall be disabled.

d. Any agency need not comply with the provisions of this section if compliance would interfere with any mission of such agency or cause instability in any computer system.