NY State Fin L § 139-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 9 - Contracts 139-B - Disqualification to Contract With State.

§  139-b.  Disqualification to contract with state. 1. Any person who,   when called before a grand jury, head of a state  department,  temporary   state  commission  or  other  state  agency, or the organized crime task   force in the department  of  law,  which  is  empowered  to  compel  the   attendance  of  witnesses  and examine them under oath, to testify in an   investigation, concerning any  transaction  or  contract  had  with  the   state,  any  political subdivision thereof, a public authority or with a   public department, agency or official of the state or of  any  political   subdivision  thereof  or of a public authority, refuses to sign a waiver   of immunity against subsequent criminal prosecution  or  to  answer  any   relevant question concerning such transaction or contract, and any firm,   partnership  or  corporation  of  which  any  such  person  is a member,   partner, director or  officer  shall  be  disqualified  from  thereafter   selling  to  or  submitting bids to or receiving awards from or entering   into any contracts with the state or any public  department,  agency  or   official  thereof,  for  goods,  work  or services, for a period of five   years after such refusal or until a disqualification  shall  be  removed   pursuant  to the provisions of section one hundred thirty-nine-c of this   article.It shall be the duty  of  the  officer  conducting  the  investigation   before  the grand jury, the head of a state department, the chair of the   temporary state commission or other state agency, or the organized crime   task force in the department of law before which the refusal  occurs  to   send  notice  of  such  refusal,  together  with  the names of any firm,   partnership or corporation of which the person so refusing is  known  to   be  a member, partner, officer or director, to the state commissioner of   transportation, except in the event the investigation concerns a  public   building  transaction or contract said notice shall be sent to the state   commissioner of  general  services,  and  the  appropriate  departments,   agencies  and  officials of the state, political subdivisions thereof or   public authorities with whom  the  person  so  refusing  and  any  firm,   partnership or corporation of which he is a member, partner, director or   officer,  is known to have a contract. However, when such refusal occurs   before a body other than a grand jury, notice of refusal  shall  not  be   sent  for  a  period of ten days after such refusal occurs. Prior to the   expiration of this ten day period,  any  person,  firm,  partnership  or   corporation  which  has become liable to the cancellation or termination   of a contract or disqualification to contract on account of such refusal   may commence a special proceeding at  a  special  term  of  the  supreme   court,  held within the judicial district in which the refusal occurred,   for an order determining whether the questions in response to which  the   refusal  occurred  were  relevant  and material to the inquiry. Upon the   commencement of such proceeding, the sending of such notice  of  refusal   to answer shall be subject to order of the court in which the proceeding   was brought in a manner and on such terms as the court may deem just. If   a  proceeding  is  not  brought within ten days, notice of refusal shall   thereupon be sent as provided herein.2. Any person who stands convicted of a felony defined in article  two   hundred  or  four hundred ninety-six or section 195.20 of the penal law,   and any firm, partnership or corporation that stands convicted  of  such   crime  shall  be  disqualified  from thereafter selling to or submitting   bids to or receiving awards from or entering into any contracts with the   state or any public department, agency or official thereof,  for  goods,   work  or  services.  In  the  event  a  person  or  firm, partnership or   corporation is so convicted, the office responsible for prosecuting such   offense shall send notice of such conviction to the  state  commissioner   of general services, and to the office of the state comptroller and such   appropriate  departments, agencies and officials of the state, political    subdivisions thereof or public authorities with whom the person  or  the   firm, partnership or corporation is known to have a contract.