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* NB Repealed per § 1621-r (see chapter 597 of 2023 § 2 for specifics)