2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 2 - Commissioner of General Services › 9 - Construction Emergencies.

§ 9. Construction emergencies. 1. A "construction emergency" is damage
  to  or  a  malfunction in buildings or property of the state of New York
  caused by an  unanticipated,  sudden  and  unexpected  occurrence  which
  involves  a  pressing  necessity for immediate repair, reconstruction or
  maintenance in order to permit the  safe  continuation  of  a  necessary
  public  use  or function, or to protect the property of the state of New
  York, or the life, health or safety of any person.
* 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this law or any general or
  special law, where there is a  construction  emergency,  as  defined  by
  subdivision  one  of  this section, the commissioner of general services
  may,  upon  written  notice  of  such  construction  emergency  from  an
  authorized  officer  of  the department or agency having jurisdiction of
  the property, let emergency contracts for public work or the purchase of
  supplies,  materials  or  equipment  without   complying   with   formal
  competitive bidding requirements, provided that all such contracts shall
  be  subject  to the approval of the attorney general and the comptroller
  and that no such contract shall exceed one million five hundred thousand
  dollars. Such emergency contracts shall be let only for  work  necessary
  to remedy or ameliorate a construction emergency.
* NB Effective until June 30, 2025
* 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this law or any general or
  special  law,  where  there  is  a construction emergency, as defined by
  subdivision one of this section, the commissioner  of  general  services
  may,  upon  written  notice  of  such  construction  emergency  from  an
  authorized officer of the department or agency  having  jurisdiction  of
  the property, let contracts for public work or the purchase of supplies,
  materials or equipment without complying with formal competitive bidding
  requirements,  provided  that all such contracts shall be subject to the
  approval of the attorney general and the comptroller and  that  no  such
  contract shall exceed one million five hundred thousand dollars.
* NB Effective June 30, 2025
3. The office of general services shall prepare and maintain a written
  record  of  each transaction entered into, pursuant to the provisions of
  this section, setting forth (a) the nature of such  emergency,  (b)  the
  effect  thereof on public property, on the operation of government or on
  life, health or safety of any person, (c) a detailed description of  the
  work  to  be  performed  and  the cost of such work, (d) engineering and
  architectural evaluation showing the need for immediate action, and  (e)
  the  notice  of  construction  emergency  from  the department or agency
  requesting such work. At least three  oral  competitive  bids  shall  be
  solicited  and  written  confirmation  of  each  solicitation  shall  be
  furnished within a reasonable time and maintained as an official record.
* 4. Bidders  for  such  construction  emergency  contracts  shall  be
  solicited  from  a  list  of  bidders, which shall be regional in scope,
  established by the office of general services based on an invitation  to
  contractors  including certified minority and women-owned contractors to
  be so listed, subject to approval by the  office  of  general  services,
  advertised   annually   in   the  procurement  opportunities  newsletter
  published by the department  of  economic  development,  in  the  public
  notification  service of the office of general services and by newspaper
  advertisement as provided in section eight of this article.  The  office
  of  general  services  shall  seek  to  provide  prime  contract bidding
  opportunities for minority and women-owned contractors in the letting of
  such emergency contracts. From such  list  of  bidders,  the  office  of
  general  services  shall  solicit bidders sequentially or by rotation in
  such manner  that  the  listed  potential  bidders  shall  be  solicited
  consecutively,  to  the  extent  practicable,  and  thereby  given  fair
  opportunity to bid in the  course  of  successive  needs  for  emergency

  contracts.  The  office  of  general services may remove any bidder from
  such  lists  for  nonresponsibility  or  nonreliability.  The  emergency
  contracts let under this section in each month shall be published by the
  office of general services in the public notification service.
The  department  or  agency  having jurisdiction of the property shall
  promptly and diligently take all actions  and  prepare  and  submit  the
  required documentation relating to the contract award for the repair and
  remediation  of  the  construction emergency, as necessary to deliver to
  the office of the state comptroller as early as practicable prior to the
  thirtieth  day  following  the  commencement  of  the  work   all   such
  documentation required for the comptroller's approval of the contract.
* NB Expires June 30, 2025