N.Y. State Fin. Law § 179-p

§ 179-p. Inapplicability of the provisions. The provisions of this\narticle shall not apply to payments due and owing by the state:\n 1. under the eminent domain procedure law;\n 2. as interest allowed on judgments rendered by a court pursuant to\nany provision of law other than those provisions contained in this\narticle;\n 3. to the federal government; to any state agency or its related\ninstrumentalities; to any duly constituted unit of local government\nincluding, but not limited to, counties, cities, towns, villages, school\ndistricts, special districts, or any of their related instrumentalities;\nto any public authority or public benefit corporation; or to employees\nof state agencies when acting in, or incidental to, their public\nemployment capacity;\n 4. to contractors of third party payment agreements including, but not\nlimited to, the fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary designated pursuant\nto section three hundred sixty-seven-b of the social services law;\n 5. to entities which receive state funds through any intermediary\norganization other than a state agency; or\n 6. in situations where the comptroller exercises a legally authorized\nset-off against all or part of the payment due the contractor.\n