New York § 19 - 19Manner of doing work or acquiring material
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 19 — 19Manner of doing work or acquiring material, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19. 19Manner of doing work or acquiring material
§ 19. Manner of doing work or acquiring material. The work of construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or improvement of any state building, whether constructed or to be constructed, may be done by the employment of incarcerated individuals or outside labor or both and by the purchase of materials in the open market whenever in the opinion of the department having jurisdiction over such building, and the commissioner of general services or his or her authorized representative, such a course shall be deemed advantageous to the state, and only upon plans and specifications prepared by the commissioner of general services, but no compensation shall be allowed for the employment of incarcerated individual labor except convict labor.
Source: official New York text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 19 ("19Manner of doing work or acquiring material") is part of the New York Consolidated Laws, the codified statutory law of New York. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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