N.Y. Lab. Law § 223

§ 223. Enforcement of article. If the fiscal officer as defined herein\nfinds that any person contracting with the state, a municipal\ncorporation, or any commission appointed pursuant to law, for the\nperformance of any public work fails to comply with or evades the\nprovisions of this article, he shall present evidence of such\nnon-compliance or evasion to the officer, department, board or\ncommission having charge of such work for enforcement. Wherein such\nevidence indicates a non-compliance or evasion on the part of a\nsub-contractor, the contractor shall be responsible for such\nnon-compliance or evasion. It shall be the duty of any officer,\ndepartment, board or commission in charge of the construction of such\npublic work contracts to enforce the provisions of this article.\n