§ 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.