N.Y. Pub. Auth. Law § 1622-g

§ 1622-g. Construction and purchase contracts. 1. The authority shall\nlet contracts for construction in the same manner, so far as\npracticable, as is provided by law for contracts for the village, except\nthat where the estimated expense of a contract does not exceed\ntwenty-four hundred dollars such contract may be entered into without\npublic letting. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the\npower of the authority to do any construction directly by the officers,\nagents and employees of the authority. Contracts for the purchase of\nsupplies, materials and equipment shall be let in the same manner as is\nprovided by law for contracts of the village.\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