N.Y. Pub. Auth. Law § 1621-g

* § 1621-g. Construction and purchase contracts. 1. The authority\nshall let contracts for construction in the same manner, so far as\npracticable, as is provided by law for contracts for the city, except\nthat where the estimated expense of a contract does not exceed five\nthousand dollars such contract may be entered into without public\nletting. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the power\nof the authority to do any construction directly by the officers, agents\nand employees of the authority. Contracts for the purchase of supplies,\nmaterials and equipment shall be let in the same manner as is provided\nby law for contracts of the city.\n 2. For the purposes of article fifteen-A of the executive law only,\nthe authority shall be deemed a state agency, as the term is used in\nsuch article, and its contracts for design, construction, services and\nmaterials shall be deemed state contracts within the meaning of that\nterm as set forth in such article.\n * NB Repealed per § 1621-r (see chapter 597 of 2023 § 2 for specifics)\n