NY Gen Mun L § 104-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws GMU - General Municipal Article 5-A - Public Contracts 104-A - Purchasing of Products for Public Use.

§  104-a.  Purchasing  of products for public use. Notwithstanding the   provisions of section one hundred three of this chapter, when purchasing   products the officer, board or agency of any political subdivision or of   any district therein charged with the awarding of public contracts  may,   wherever recycled products meet contract specifications and the price of   such products is reasonably competitive, purchase such products. For the   purpose   of  this  section  and  until  July  first,  nineteen  hundred   ninety-six, "recycled product" shall mean any  product  which  has  been   manufactured  from secondary materials, as defined in subdivision one of   section two hundred sixty-one of the economic development law, and meets   secondary material content requirements adopted by the office of general   services under subdivision one of section one hundred  seventy-seven  of   the   state   finance  law  for  products  available  to  the  political   subdivision or district under state contract or, if no such contract for   such product  is  available,  any  product  which  meets  the  secondary   material  content  requirements  adopted by the political subdivision or   district thereof with respect to a  specific  commodity  procurement  by   such  entity.  On  and  after  July  first, nineteen hundred ninety-six,   "recycled product" shall mean, for the purposes  of  this  section,  any   product  which  is  manufactured from secondary materials, as defined in   subdivision one  of  section  two  hundred  sixty-one  of  the  economic   development  law, and which meets the requirements of subdivision two of   section 27-0717 of the environmental conservation  law  and  regulations   promulgated   pursuant   thereto.  For  the  purpose  of  this  section,   "reasonably competitive" shall  mean  that  the  cost  of  the  recycled   product  does not exceed a cost premium of ten percent above the cost of   a comparable product that is not a recycled  product  or,  if  at  least   fifty  percent of the secondary materials utilized in the manufacture of   that product are generated from the waste stream in New York state,  the   cost  of  the recycled product does not exceed a cost premium of fifteen   percent above the cost of a comparable product that is  not  a  recycled   product.Whenever  such  officer,  board  or agency shall purchase or cause the   purchase of printing on recycled paper pursuant to this section,  he  or   she  shall  require  the  printed material to contain the official state   recycling emblem established pursuant  to  subdivision  two  of  section   27-0717   of   the   environmental   conservation  law  and  regulations   promulgated pursuant thereto if such paper  has  been  approved  by  the   department  of environmental conservation as satisfying the requirements   of such statute and regulations, or, if  such  paper  has  not  been  so   approved,  require  the  printed material to include a printed statement   which  indicates  the  percentages  of  pre-consumer  and  post-consumer   recycled material content of such paper.