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SECTION 220-E
Provisions in contracts prohibiting discrimination on account of race, creed, color or national origin in employment of citizens upon pub...
Labor (LAB) CHAPTER 31, ARTICLE 8
§ 220-e. Provisions in contracts prohibiting discrimination on account
of race, creed, color or national origin in employment of citizens upon
public works. Every contract for or on behalf of the state or a
municipality for the construction, alteration or repair of any public
building or public work or for the manufacture, sale or distribution of
materials, equipment or supplies shall contain provisions by which the
contractor with the state or municipality agrees:

(a) That in the hiring of employees for the performance of work under
this contract or any subcontract hereunder, no contractor,
subcontractor, nor any person acting on behalf of such contractor or
subcontractor, shall by reason of race, creed, color, disability, sex or
national origin discriminate against any citizen of the state of New
York who is qualified and available to perform the work to which the
employment relates;

(b) That no contractor, subcontractor, nor any person on his behalf
shall, in any manner, discriminate against or intimidate any employee
hired for the performance of work under this contract on account of
race, creed, color, disability, sex or national origin;

(c) That there may be deducted from the amount payable to the
contractor by the state or municipality under this contract a penalty of
fifty dollars for each person for each calendar day during which such
person was discriminated against or intimidated in violation of the
provisions of the contract;

(d) That this contract may be cancelled or terminated by the state or
municipality, and all moneys due or to become due hereunder may be
forfeited, for a second or any subsequent violation of the terms or
conditions of this section of the contract; and

(e) The aforesaid provisions of this section covering every contract
for or on behalf of the state or a municipality for the manufacture,
sale or distribution of materials, equipment or supplies shall be
limited to operations performed within the territorial limits of the
state of New York.