§ 222. Project labor agreements. 1. Definition. "Project labor\nagreement" shall mean a pre-hire collective bargaining agreement between\na contractor and a bona fide building and construction trade labor\norganization establishing the labor organization as the collective\nbargaining representative for all persons who will perform work on a\npublic work project, and which provides that only contractors and\nsubcontractors who sign a pre-negotiated agreement with the labor\norganization can perform project work.\n 2. Contracts. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special\nor local law, or judicial decision to the contrary:\n (a) Any agency, board, department, commission or officer of the state\nof New York, or of any political subdivision thereof as defined in\nsection one hundred of the general municipal law, municipal corporation\nas defined in section sixty-six of the general construction law, public\nbenefit corporation, or local or state authority as defined in section\ntwo of the public authorities law having jurisdiction over the public\nwork may require a contractor awarded a contract, subcontract, lease,\ngrant, bond, covenant or other agreement for a project to enter into a\nproject labor agreement during and for the work involved with such\nproject when such requirement is part of the agency, board, department,\ncommission or officer of the state of New York, political subdivision,\nmunicipal corporation, public benefit corporation or local or state\nauthority having jurisdiction over the public work request for proposals\nfor the project and when the agency, board, department, commission or\nofficer of the state of New York, political subdivision, municipal\ncorporation, public benefit corporation or local or state authority\nhaving jurisdiction over the public work determines that its interest in\nobtaining the best work at the lowest possible price, preventing\nfavoritism, fraud and corruption, and other considerations such as the\nimpact of delay, the possibility of cost savings advantages, and any\nlocal history of labor unrest, are best met by requiring a project labor\nagreement.\n (b) Any contract, subcontract, lease, grant, bond, covenant or other\nagreement for projects undertaken pursuant to this section shall not be\nsubject to the requirements of separate specifications (referred to as\nthe Wicks Law) when the agency, board, department, commission or officer\nof the state of New York, or political subdivision thereof, municipal\ncorporation, public benefit corporation or local or state authority\nhaving jurisdiction over the public work has chosen to require a project\nlabor agreement, pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision.\n (c) Whenever the agency, board, department, commission or officer of\nthe state of New York, or political subdivision thereof, municipal\ncorporation, public benefit corporation or local or state authority\nhaving jurisdiction over the public work enters into a contract,\nsubcontract, lease, grant, bond, covenant or other agreement for the\nconstruction, reconstruction, demolition, excavation, rehabilitation,\nrepair, renovation, alteration, or improvement for a project undertaken\npursuant to this section, it shall be deemed to be a public works\nproject for the purposes of this article, and all the provisions of this\narticle shall be applicable to all the work involved with such project\nincluding, but not limited to, the enforcement of prevailing wage\nrequirements by the fiscal officer as defined in paragraph (e) of\nsubdivision five of section two hundred twenty of this article.\n (d) Every contract entered into by any agency, board, department,\ncommission or officer of the state of New York, or any political\nsubdivision thereof, municipal corporation, public benefit corporation\nor local or state authority having jurisdiction over the public work for\na project shall contain a provision that the design of such project\nshall be subject to the review
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