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2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 2 - Commissioner of General Services › 11 - Pilot Program of Bicycle Parking Facilities.

§ 11. Pilot  program  of  bicycle parking facilities.   1. Legislative
finding. In recognition of the  role  which  bicycles  can  serve  as  a
valuable  transportation  mode  with  energy  conservation,  health  and
environmental benefits, it is hereby declared to be the  policy  of  the
state  that provision for adequate and safe bicycle facilities including
the use of present facilities for safe and  secure  bicycle  parking  be
included in the planning and development of all state facilities.
2.  (a)  The  commissioner of general services shall undertake a pilot
program for provision and promotion of safe and secure  bicycle  parking
facilities  at state office buildings. The commissioner, within one year
of the enactment of this section, shall provide, at the principal office
buildings under his superintendence at the Nelson A. Rockefeller  Empire
State  Plaza  in Albany, New York, secure bicycle parking facilities for
use by employees and visitors.
(b) The commissioner is also authorized, within  a  reasonable  period
and  where  feasible,  to  provide suitable support facilities including
clothing lockers, showers and  changing  facilities,  and  to  charge  a
reasonable use fee.
(c)  For  the  purpose  of  this  section,  the  term "bicycle parking
facility" means a device or enclosure,  located  within  a  building  or
installation,   or   conveniently   adjacent  thereto,  that  is  easily
accessible, clearly visible and so located as to minimize the danger  of
theft  of  bicycles.  Such  a  device  shall  consist of a parking rack,
locker, or other device constructed to enable the frame and both  wheels
of  a  bicycle  to  be secured with ease by use of a padlock in a manner
that will minimize the risk of  theft,  or  an  enclosure  which  limits
access to the bicycles and is under observation by an attendant.
3.  In  undertaking such pilot program, the office shall:  (a) Consult
with and cooperate with (i) the statewide bicycle advisory council, (ii)
the  New  York  state  department  of  transportation  regional  bicycle
coordinator,  (iii)  local  bicycle  planning  groups, and (iv) persons,
organizations, and groups served by, interested in,  or  concerned  with
the area under study.
(b)  Request and receive from any department, division, board, bureau,
commission or other agency of the state  or  any  political  subdivision
thereof  or  any  public  authority,  any  assistance and data as may be
necessary to enable the office to carry out its  responsibilities  under
this section.
(c)   On  or  before  the  first  day  of  January,  nineteen  hundred
eighty-nine, a report  shall  be  submitted  to  the  governor  and  the
legislature  which  shall  include  a  determination  of usage levels, a
statement outlining first year progress and the elements of a  statewide
plan for the provision of such facilities.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 2 - Commissioner of General Services › 17 - Payments.

§ 17. Payments.  No  payments  shall  be  made  upon  any work done or
  materials furnished for the construction, reconstruction, alteration  or
  improvement of state buildings under the supervision of the commissioner
  of  general  services,  pursuant  to  this  article,  until the bills or
  estimates presented for such payment shall have been duly  certified  by
  the commissioner of general services to be correct and until, thereafter
  the   comptroller  shall  have  audited  and  approved  such  bills  and
  estimates. Such bills or estimates presented for final payment for  such
  work  or  materials  shall  be  certified by the commissioner of general
  services and have the approval of the  department  having  jurisdiction.
  The  comptroller  shall have and is hereby given full power to pass upon
  all  bills  and  estimates  presented  for  payment  for  such  work  or
  materials, and for the purpose of passing upon and auditing the same, he
  shall  have  full  power  to make investigation thereof and to determine
  whether or not he shall approve and audit the same and allow the same to
  be paid.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 2 - Commissioner of General Services › 18 - Change in Contracts.

§ 18. Change  in  contracts. Any change, addition or deduction made in
  any contract by reduction in price, by addition in  price  or  otherwise
  must  be  done  by  an  order  on  contract  which  may be issued by the
  commissioner of general services.  This  order  shall  specifically  set
  forth  conditions  of  the  change  or  other  modification and shall be
  approved  by  the  board,  department,  commission  or  officer   having
  jurisdiction.  After  having  been  approved  by  him the order shall be
  forthwith filed in the office of the state comptroller.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 2 - Commissioner of General Services › 19 - Manner of Doing Work or Acquiring Material.

§ 19. Manner  of  doing  work  or  acquiring  material.  The  work  of
  construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or improvement  of  any
  state building, whether constructed or to be constructed, may be done by
  the  employment of incarcerated individuals or outside labor or both and
  by the purchase of materials in the open market whenever in the  opinion
  of  the  department  having  jurisdiction  over  such  building, and the
  commissioner  of   general   services   or   his   or   her   authorized
  representative, such a course shall be deemed advantageous to the state,
  and  only  upon plans and specifications prepared by the commissioner of
  general  services,  but  no  compensation  shall  be  allowed  for   the
  employment of incarcerated individual labor except convict labor.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 2 - Commissioner of General Services › 20 - Work Done by Special Order.

§ 20. Work done by special order. The commissioner of general services
  shall   determine  when  minor  work  of  construction,  reconstruction,
  alteration or repair of any state building may be done by special order.
  Special orders for such work shall be short-form contracts  approved  by
  the  attorney  general  and by the comptroller. No work shall be done by
  special order in an amount in excess of one hundred thousand dollars and
  a bond shall not be required for special orders. No work shall  be  done
  by   special   order  unless  the  commissioner  has  presented  to  the
  comptroller evidence that he  has  made  a  diligent  effort  to  obtain
  competition  sufficient  to  protect the interests of the state prior to
  selecting the  contractor  to  perform  the  work.  Notwithstanding  the
  provisions  of  subdivision  two  of section eight of this chapter, work
  done by special order  under  this  section  may  be  advertised  solely
  through the regular public notification service of the office of general
  services.  At least five days shall elapse between the first publication
  of such public notice and the date so specified for the  public  opening
  of bids. All payments on special orders shall be made on the certificate
  of  the commissioner of general services and audited and approved by the
  state comptroller. All special orders shall contain a  clause  that  the
  special order shall only be deemed executory to the extent of the moneys
  available  and  no  liability  shall be incurred by the state beyond the
  moneys available for the purpose.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 2 - Commissioner of General Services › 21 - Removal, Relocation and Payment of Costs Thereof of Certain Water Mains, Sewer Pipes and Other Facilities Owned by Municipalities or Public Service Co

§ 21. Removal,  relocation  and  payment  of  costs thereof of certain
  water mains, sewer pipes and other facilities owned by municipalities or
  public service corporations.  1. Whenever the  commissioner  of  general
  services   deems   it   necessary  as  a  result  of  the  construction,
  reconstruction or maintenance of any state project, to provide  for  the
  removal,  relocation,  replacement,  reconstruction  or  repair of water
  mains, sewer pipes and other facilities maintained for  public  use  and
  owned  by  any municipality or public service corporation, he shall have
  the  power  to  contract  with  such  municipality  or  public   service
  corporation    for    such    removal,   relocation,   replacement,   or
  reconstruction.  The expense of such removal,  relocation,  replacement,
  reconstruction  or  repair  shall  be  a  proper  charge  against  funds
  available for the construction, reconstruction or  maintenance  of  such
  state  project,  and  the  work  necessary  therefor may be performed by
  contract, or by the  use  of  office  of  general  services  forces  and
  equipment  and  of  materials  purchased  therefor.    However,  if  the
  commissioner of general services deems it to be in the public  interest,
  he  may  contract  with  the municipality or public service corporation,
  upon such terms as he may deem advantageous to the state; to  have  such
  work  performed  (a)  by the employment of the forces and for the use of
  the equipment of such municipality and by the use  of  any  material  on
  hand or necessary to be purchased by such municipality or public service
  corporation  or (b) by such other method as such commissioner of general
  services shall approve or (c) by a combination of the  methods  provided
  in  this  section.   Any municipality is hereby authorized to enter into
  such contract for the purposes of this section.  Upon the completion and
  acceptance of  the  work,  such  water  mains,  sewer  pipes  and  other
  facilities  shall  be  maintained  by  the  municipality  or such public
  service corporation as the case may be.
2.  In all cases in which the contracts to be let are for the  purpose
  of  removal,  relocation, replacement, reconstruction or repair of water
  mains, sewer pipes and any other facilities owned by any municipality or
  public  service  corporation,  such  municipality  or   public   service
  corporation  shall not be required to make the preliminary deposit or to
  give the certified check upon submitting its proposal, nor to  give  any
  bond  for  the  performance  of  the work, nor shall any advertising for
  proposals  be  necessary  where  such  municipality  or  public  service
  corporation is to perform the work.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 2 - Commissioner of General Services › 22 - When Appropriations Are Available; Appropriations for Two or More Objects.

§ 22.   When  appropriations  are available; appropriations for two or
  more objects.  No item of an appropriation made for the  performance  of
  such  work  shall  be  available,  except  for  advertising  or expenses
  incurred in the preparation of  plans  and  specifications,  engineering
  work  or superintendence, unless one or more contracts or special orders
  shall first have been made for the completion of such  work  within  the
  appropriation   therefor.      If  an  appropriation  be  made  for  the
  construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair or improvement  of  any
  state  buildings  in an appropriation act specifying two or more objects
  for which the appropriation is made and any one of  such  objects  shall
  have  been  accomplished for a sum less than the amount specified in the
  act, the unexpended balance  shall  be  applicable  to  any  other  work
  specified in the act.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 2 - Commissioner of General Services › 23 - Completion of Existing Contracts.

§ 23. Completion  of  existing  contracts.    All  contracts  for  the
  erection of new buildings for the state or any of  its  institutions  or
  for  additions, alterations or improvements to existing buildings of the
  state and for all work and materials in connection  therewith  shall  be
  continued  in  force  and carried to completion by the office of general
  services.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 2 - Commissioner of General Services › 24 - Application of Article to Mental Hygiene Construction.

§ 24. Application  of  article  to  mental hygiene construction.   The
  provisions of this article shall not apply to the department  of  mental
  hygiene   or   to   mental  hygiene  facilities  constructed,  acquired,
  reconstructed, rehabilitated or improved  pursuant  to  the  health  and
  mental  hygiene facilities improvement act, or to contracts entered into
  by the trustees of the health and mental hygiene facilities  improvement
  corporation  or by the state housing finance agency in relation thereto,
  or to real property held in the name of  the  state  for  the  corporate
  purposes of such corporation, except that the provisions of this article
  shall apply, so far as practicable, to such mental hygiene facilities or
  real property as are constructed, acquired, reconstructed, rehabilitated
  or  improved  by the commissioner of general services under an agreement
  made with the trustees of  the  health  and  mental  hygiene  facilities
  improvement   corporation;   and  except  further  that  nothing  herein
  contained shall be deemed to affect  the  power  of  the  department  of
  mental  hygiene  or  the  trustees  of  the  health  and  mental hygiene
  facilities improvement corporation to enter into any short form contract
  in accordance with section twenty of this  chapter  for  minor  work  of
  construction,  reconstruction,  alteration,  or  repair  of  any  mental
  hygiene facility  being  used  by  the  said  department  or  under  the
  jurisdiction of the said trustees.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 3 - Fine Arts and Particular Structures › 40 - Definitions.

§ 40. Definitions. As used in this article
1.  The  term  "work of art" shall apply to and include all paintings,
  mural decorations, stained glass,  sculptures,  bas-reliefs,  fountains,
  monuments,  arches,  gateways and other structures of a permanent nature
  intended for ornamentation or commemoration.
2. The term "building" shall apply to and include  all  monumental  or
  other  buildings for housing any of the state departments or commissions
  or intended as memorials, museums or places of  public  assemblage,  and
  shall not apply to or include any buildings for institutional, hospital,
  penal or corrective purposes.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 3 - Fine Arts and Particular Structures › 41 - Jurisdiction.

§ 41.   Jurisdiction.    1.  Hereafter no work of art shall become the
  property of the state by purchase, gift or otherwise, or  be  paid  for,
  either wholly or in part, out of state funds, unless such work of art or
  design  for the same, together with a statement of the proposed location
  of such work of art shall first have been submitted to and  approved  by
  the  office  of  general  services;  nor shall any work of art, until so
  approved, be erected or placed in or upon or allowed over  or  upon  any
  state  building,  street,  highway or other public place, park or ground
  belonging to or under control of the state.   No existing work  of  art,
  belonging  to or in possession of the state, shall be removed, relocated
  or altered in any way without the approval  of  the  office  of  general
  services.
2.   The construction of any building, bridge or its approaches, arch,
  gate, fence or other structure, or fixture, which is  to  be  paid  for,
  either  wholly  or in part, by state funds, or to be constructed on land
  owned or controlled by the state, shall not be begun unless  the  design
  for  the same shall have been submitted to and approved by the office of
  general services.
3.  No arch, bridge, approach or  other  structure  belonging  to  any
  private  individual  or corporation shall be permitted to extend over or
  under, into or upon any street, highway, waterway or other public place,
  belonging to or under control  of  the  state,  unless  the  design  and
  location thereof shall have been submitted to and approved by the office
  of general services.
4.    The  office  of  general  services shall advise, generally, upon
  questions of art or architecture,  when  requested  to  do  so,  by  the
  governor,  any  legislative  committee,  head  of  a state department or
  commission.
5.  If the office of general services should fail to decide  upon  any
  matter  submitted  to  it, within forty-five days after such submission,
  the office's approval of the matter shall be presumed.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 3 - Fine Arts and Particular Structures › 42 - Duty of Other State Officers.

§ 42.   Duty  of  other  state officers.   It shall be the duty of the
  officer of the state, charged by law with  the  responsibility  for  the
  purchase,  acquisition, placement, erection or execution of such work of
  art, monument, building, bridge or other  structure,  in  each  case  to
  submit  the  designs,  drawings,  models and other information as may be
  deemed necessary by the office of general services or  the  commissioner
  of  transportation,  respectively, together with explanatory statements,
  to such office or commissioner for its or his action.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 3 - Fine Arts and Particular Structures › 43 - State Parks.

§ 43. State  parks.    The  requirement  of  approval of the office of
  general services or the commissioner of transportation shall  not  apply
  to  works  of  art,  buildings,  bridges, arches, gates, fences or other
  structures  under  the  control  of  the  department  of   environmental
  conservation,  the  several park authorities and the office of parks and
  recreation.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 3 - Fine Arts and Particular Structures › 44 - Application of Article.

§ 44. Application  of  article.    The  requirement in this article of
  approval of the office  of  general  services  or  the  commissioner  of
  transportation  shall  not  apply  to  works of art, buildings, bridges,
  arches, gates, fences or other structures or fixtures under the  control
  of  the  department  of  mental hygiene or the health and mental hygiene
  facilities improvement corporation.  Action in such cases shall be taken
  and final approval given by the trustees of such corporation.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 4-A - Construction of Public Buildings to Provide Access and Use by the Physically Handicapped › 50 - Definitions.

§ 50. Definitions.  As used in this article:
1. "Public building" means any building or portion thereof, other than
a  privately  owned  residential  structure,  public  housing structure,
police, fire or correction structure, constructed  wholly  or  partially
with state or municipal funds, whether tax funds, funds obtained through
bond  issues  or grants or loans under any state law, which is likely to
be used by physically handicapped persons, including, but not limited to
theaters,  concert  halls,  auditoriums,  museums,  schools,  libraries,
recreation facilities, transportation terminals and stations, factories,
office buildings and business establishments.
2.  "State"  shall  mean  the  state  of New York and any state board,
bureau, commission, department, authority, division, officer  or  public
benefit corporation.
3.  "Municipality" or "Municipal" means a city, town, county, village,
school district or special district as defined by  section  one  hundred
two of the real property tax law.
4.  "Facilities" shall mean and include those facilities as defined in
the provisions of the  state  building  construction  code  relating  to
facilities for the physically handicapped.
5. "Physically handicapped" means
(a) impairment requiring confinement to a wheel chair; or
(b) impairment causing difficulty or insecurity in walking or climbing
stairs  or  requiring  the  use  of braces, crutches or other artificial
supports;  or  impairment  caused  by  amputation,  arthritis,   spastic
condition  or  pulmonary, cardiac or other ills rendering the individual
semi-ambulatory; or
(c) total or partial impairment of hearing or sight causing insecurity
or likelihood of exposure to danger in public places; or
(d) impairment due to conditions of aging and incoordination.
6. "Reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration or  improvement"  shall
mean  only  that  work  which  results  in  a  substantial change in the
structure or facilities of a public building and shall not include minor
repairs necessary for ordinary maintenance.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 4-A - Construction of Public Buildings to Provide Access and Use by the Physically Handicapped › 51 - Construction of Public Buildings.

§ 51. Construction  of  public  buildings.  1.  (a) In addition to any
  other requirements respecting the construction of a public building  and
  facilities    thereof,    the    new    construction,    reconstruction,
  rehabilitation, alteration or improvement  of  all  such  buildings  and
  facilities  shall  conform  to  the  requirements  of the state building
  construction code relating to facilities for the physically handicapped,
  except work already completed, work  in  progress,  or  work  for  which
  schematic  designs have been approved by the effective date of this act.
  This section shall not be effective if its provisions  will  impair  the
  structural stability of the public building or its facilities.
*   (b)   This   section   shall  not  apply  to  the  reconstruction,
  rehabilitation, alteration or improvement of rapid transit terminals  or
  stations in New York city, which shall be governed by subdivision two of
  this section.
* 2. With respect to the reconstruction, rehabilitation, alteration or
  improvement  of  any  rapid  transit terminal or station of the New York
  city transit authority or of the Staten Island rapid  transit  operating
  authority,  the  obligations  of such authorities for complying with the
  requirements  of  the  state  building  construction  code  relating  to
  facilities  for  individuals  with  disabilities shall be limited to its
  compliance  with  the  requirements  of  subdivision  three  of  section
  fifteen-b of the transportation law.
*  NB  The  provisions  of par (b) of sub. 1 and sub. 2 are subject to
  expiration on July 26, 2020 if the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
  does not comply with the provisions of  sub.  3  of  sec.  15-b  of  the
  transportation law.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 4-A - Construction of Public Buildings to Provide Access and Use by the Physically Handicapped › 52 - Compliance.

§ 52. Compliance.  The official, governing body or board having design
  approval  authority  for  state or municipal building construction shall
  determine whether a proposed structure is a "public building" within the
  meaning of this article and shall ensure that the  design  of  any  such
  building complies with the requirements hereby imposed.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 4-A - Construction of Public Buildings to Provide Access and Use by the Physically Handicapped › 53 - Assistive Listening Systems.

§ 53. Assistive  listening  systems.  1.  All  new  public  buildings,
  construction of which commences after January  first,  nineteen  hundred
  ninety-one,  containing  an  auditorium,  theater, meeting hall, hearing
  room, amphitheater, or room used in any similar capacity  which  are  so
  designated by the appropriate building and fire code shall have equipped
  and  installed  an assistive listening system for use by persons who are
  deaf or hard of hearing who require the use of such a system to  improve
  their reception of sound.
2.  Standards  for  such  systems shall be developed by the state fire
  prevention and building code council upon receiving recommendations from
  the advisory board on assistive listening systems in  places  of  public
  assembly.
3. For purposes of this section, the term "assistive listening system"
  shall   mean   situational-personal   acoustic  communication  equipment
  designed to improve the transmission and auditory reception of sound.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 4-B - Historic and Cultural Properties › 60 - Public Policy.

§ 60. Public policy.  It is hereby declared to be the public policy of
  this   state   to   provide  leadership  in  preserving,  restoring  and
  maintaining the  historic,  architectural,  archeological  and  cultural
  environment  of  this state and that therefore it is the purpose of this
  article to provide that the instrumentalities of  the  state  administer
  the  historic and cultural properties under their control in a spirit of
  stewardship and trusteeship for the future generations and conduct their
  activities,  plans  and  programs  in  a  manner  consistent  with   the
  preservation and enhancement of historic and cultural properties.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 4-B - Historic and Cultural Properties › 61 - Definitions.

§ 61. Definitions.    When  used  in  this article, unless a different
  meaning clearly appears from the context, the terms listed  below  shall
  have the following meanings:
1. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of general services.
2.  "Historic  and/or  cultural place or property" means any building,
  structure, district, area or site including underground  and  underwater
  sites,  that is of significance in the history, architecture, archeology
  or culture of the state, its communities, or the nation.
3. "National Register" means the national register of historic  places
  authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.
4.  "Registered  property" means any historic place or property within
  the boundaries of the state nominated by the commissioner of  parks  and
  recreation  for  listing  on  the  national  register of historic places
  and/or listed on the state register of historic places.
5.   "State  agency"  means  any  state  department,  officer,  board,
  commission,  agency, or a public authority or public benefit corporation
  at least one of whose members is appointed by the governor.
6.   "State register" means the  state  register  of  historic  places
  established  pursuant  to section 14.07 of article fourteen of the parks
  and recreation law.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 4-B - Historic and Cultural Properties › 62 - Survey of Historic and Cultural Properties Under State Control.

§ 62. Survey  of historic and cultural properties under state control.
  The commissioner of general services with the advice and  assistance  of
  the  commissioner  of  parks  and recreation shall prepare, maintain and
  publish a listing of all historic  and  cultural  properties  under  its
  jurisdiction  or  control or otherwise owned or used by any state agency
  including those listed on the state or  national  register  of  historic
  places  or  determined by the commissioner of parks and recreation to be
  eligible for the state register.    The  commissioner  may  utilize  the
  statewide inventory of historic property prepared by the commissioner of
  parks and recreation for purposes of this section.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 4-B - Historic and Cultural Properties › 63 - Protection and Management of State Historic and Cultural Properties.

§ 63. Protection   and  management  of  state  historic  and  cultural
  properties.  The commissioner of the office of general services  or  the
  chief executive officer of any state agency shall:
1.   Consult with the commissioner of parks and recreation as early in
  the planning process as may be practicable when planning to    demolish,
  alter  or  transfer  any property under their jurisdiction listed on the
  state  or  national  register  or  that  has  been  determined  by   the
  commissioner  of  parks  and  recreation  to  be  eligible for the state
  register, for the  purpose  of  exploring  alternatives  to  demolition,
  alteration  or transfer.  The commissioner of parks and recreation shall
  inform the state board of such proposed actions.
2.  Initiate measures and procedures to provide for  the  maintenance,
  through  preservation, rehabilitation or restoration of properties under
  their jurisdiction that are listed on the state or national register  or
  are  determined  by  the  commissioner  of  parks  and  recreation to be
  eligible for listing on the state register.
3.   Initiate measures to assure that  where  as  a  result  of  state
  action, a property listed in the state register of historic places is to
  be substantially altered or demolished, timely steps be taken to make or
  have  made records, including measured drawings, photographs and maps of
  the property  according  to  the  standards  of  the  Historic  American
  Building  Survey,  and  that a copy of such records then be deposited in
  the state archives and with the Library of Congress for future reference
  and use.
4.  To  the  fullest  extent  practicable,  secure  by   preservation,
  restriction,  historic or cultural properties sold or transferred by the
  state, which properties are listed on the state or national register  or
  determined  by  the  commissioner of parks and recreation to be eligible
  for listing on the state register.
5.    Cooperate  with  purchasers  and  transferees  of  state   owned
  properties listed on the state or national register or determined by the
  commissioner  of  parks and recreation to be eligible for listing on the
  state register in the development of viable plans to use  such  property
  in a manner compatible with preservation objectives.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 4-C - State Green Building Construction Act › 81 - Definitions.

§ 81. Definitions. As used in this article:
1.  "Agency"  shall  mean  a  state department, state agency, or state
  public authority.
2. "Authority" shall mean the  New  York  state  energy  research  and
  development authority.
3.  "Building" shall mean a building or structure that is owned by the
  state or by an agency.
4. "Office" shall mean the office of general services.
5. "Substantial renovation" shall mean a substantial  modification  of
  an  existing building and shall include but not be limited to additions,
  alterations, and reconstruction as determined  pursuant  to  regulations
  promulgated by the office pursuant to this article.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 4-C - State Green Building Construction Act › 82 - Applicability.

§ 82. Applicability.  This  article shall apply to the construction of
  new buildings and the  substantial  renovation  of  existing  buildings,
  except that this article shall not apply in the following circumstances:
  1.  an existing building that has a historic status pursuant to federal,
  state or local law and compliance  with  construction  requirements  and
  procedures established pursuant to this article would alter the historic
  character of such building;
2.   in   the  case  of  a  substantial  renovation,  compliance  with
  construction requirements and procedures established  pursuant  to  this
  article  would  not  be  cost  effective  over  the  useful life of such
  renovation as determined pursuant to regulations promulgated pursuant to
  this article;
3. compliance with this article or with construction requirements  and
  procedures  established  pursuant  to this article would be inconsistent
  with or violate federal or state law;
4. such other circumstances as the  office  may  reasonably  determine
  pursuant to regulations to not be appropriate for the application of the
  construction  requirements  and  procedures  adopted  pursuant  to  this
  article; or
5. the design  or  planning  process  for  such  new  construction  or
  substantial  renovation  has  substantially commenced, as defined by the
  office in regulations, as of  the  effective  date  of  the  regulations
  promulgated  by  the  office pursuant to this article; provided however,
  that  whenever  subdivision  one,  two,  three  or  four  applies,   the
  construction  requirements  and  procedures shall be integrated into the
  design  and  construction  of  the  project  to   the   maximum   extent
  practicable.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 4-C - State Green Building Construction Act › 83 - Agency Green Building Construction Requirements.

§   83.  Agency  green  building  construction  requirements.  1.  The
  construction of new buildings and the substantial renovation of existing
  buildings shall comply with such  green  construction  requirements  and
  procedures  as  shall have been established by the office in regulations
  pursuant to subdivision two of this section.
2. The office, in consultation with the authority, the  department  of
  environmental  conservation,  the  department  of  health, the dormitory
  authority of the state  of  New  York,  the  department  of  state,  the
  department  of  education,  the office of parks, recreation and historic
  preservation, and any other agency as determined by the office that  may
  be  affected  by  this  article,  shall promulgate rules and regulations
  establishing  construction  requirements  and  procedures  necessary  to
  implement  this  article,  including the exceptions described in section
  eighty-two of  this  article.  In  establishing  such  requirements  and
  procedures,  the  office may consult green construction requirements and
  procedures established or adopted by  other  agencies,  and  by  private
  organizations,  including  but  not  limited  to the United States green
  building council under its leadership in energy and environmental design
  programs, the green building initiative's green  globes  rating  system,
  and the American National Standards Institute.
3.  For  purposes  of monitoring compliance with this article and this
  article's effectiveness, each agency shall prepare by June thirtieth  of
  each  year  an  annual  building  performance  report  in  such form and
  containing such information as the office may require, which may  relate
  to  such  matters  as  energy  consumption,  waste reduction, indoor air
  quality, water reductions and maintenance procedures and processes. Such
  report shall be available to the office upon request.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 4-D - Decarbonization of State-Owned Facilities › 90 - Definitions.

§ 90. Definitions. As used in this article:
1. "Authority" shall mean the power authority of the state of New York
  established  under  title  one of article five of the public authorities
  law.
2. "Decarbonization" and "decarbonize" means eliminating  all  on-site
  combustion   of  fossil-fuels  and  associated  co-pollutants  with  the
  exception of back-up emergency generators and redundant  systems  needed
  to  address  public  health,  safety and security, providing heating and
  cooling through  thermal  energy,  and  thermal  energy  networks,  from
  non-combustion  sources,  and  to the greatest extent feasible producing
  on-site electricity that is one hundred percent renewable.
3. "Highest-emitting facilities" means state-owned facilities that are
  among the highest producers of greenhouse gas emissions and collectively
  account for at least thirty percent of the greenhouse gas  emissions  as
  recorded  by the authority's Build Smart NY program established pursuant
  to Executive Order 88 of 2012.
4. "Thermal energy" shall have the  meaning  provided  in  subdivision
  twenty-eight of section two of the public service law.
5.  "Thermal energy network" shall have the same meaning as defined in
  subdivision twenty-nine of section two of the public service law.
6. "State energy research and development authority"  shall  mean  the
  New  York  state  energy  research and development authority established
  under title nine of article eight of the public authorities law.
7. "State-owned facilities" or  "facilities"  includes  "building"  as
  defined by section eighty-one of this chapter, "dormitory" as defined by
  section  three  hundred  seventy of the education law, and "facility" as
  defined by section three hundred seventy of the education law.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 5 - Public Buildings Generally › 141 - Display of Foreign Flags on Public Buildings.

§ 141. Display  of  foreign flags on public buildings. It shall not be
  lawful to display the flag or emblem of any  foreign  country  upon  any
  state,  county  or  municipal building; provided, however, that whenever
  any foreigner shall become the guest of the United States, the state  or
  any  city,  upon  public  proclamation  by the governor or mayor of such
  city, the flag of the country of which such  public  guest  shall  be  a
  citizen may be displayed upon such public buildings.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 5 - Public Buildings Generally › 142 - Water Conservation in Public Buildings.

§ 142. Water  conservation  in  public  buildings. The commissioner of
  general services shall establish a water conservation  program  for  all
  state  owned public buildings except for academic buildings, dormitories
  and other facilities of the state university system. Such program  shall
  include a survey of water use and conservation in such buildings.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 5 - Public Buildings Generally › 144 - Lactation Room in Public Buildings.

§ 144. Lactation room in public buildings. 1. As used in this section:
(a)  "covered  public  building"  means a public building owned by the
state of New York, under the supervision and control of the commissioner
of general services, that is determined by said commissioner to be  open
to the public; and
(b)  "lactation  room"  means a hygienic place, other than a bathroom,
that:
(1) is shielded from view;
(2) is free from intrusion;
(3) contains a chair, a working surface, and, if the  public  building
is otherwise supplied with electricity, an electrical outlet; and
(4) is intended to be used for the primary purpose of breastfeeding or
expressing breast milk.
2.  A  covered  public building shall contain a lactation room that is
made available for use by a  member  of  the  public  to  breastfeed  or
express breast milk.
3. A covered public building shall be excluded from the requirement of
subdivision two of this section if:
(a)  the public building does not have a room that could be repurposed
as a lactation room or  a  space  that  could  be  made  private,  at  a
reasonable cost; or
(b)  new  construction would be required to create a lactation room in
the public building and the cost of such construction is unfeasible.
4. Nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  construed  to  authorize  an
individual  to  enter  a  public  building  that  the  individual is not
otherwise authorized to enter.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 5 - Public Buildings Generally › 145 - Gender Neutral Single-Occupancy Bathrooms.

§  145.  Gender neutral single-occupancy bathrooms. 1. As used in this
section:
(a) "state agency" means any state department, office, board,  bureau,
commission,   agency,   or   any  public  authority  or  public  benefit
corporation at least one of whose members is appointed by the governor.
(b) "state-owned building" means any building owned by a state  agency
used for official state business.
(c)  "state-leased  building"  means  any  building  or portion of any
building leased by a state agency for office or residential occupancy.
(d) "single-occupancy bathroom" means a bathroom intended for  use  by
no  more  than  one occupant at a time or for family or assisted use and
which has a door for entry into and egress from the bathroom that may be
locked by the occupant to ensure privacy and security.
2. Each state agency shall ensure that all single-occupancy  bathrooms
under  its  jurisdiction  be designated as gender neutral in state-owned
buildings and, where practicable, in state-leased buildings.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 5 - Public Buildings Generally › 146 - Prohibit Symbols of Hate.

§  146.  Prohibit  symbols of hate. 1. The state of New York shall not
  sell or display any symbols of hate or any similar  image,  or  tangible
  personal property, inscribed with such an image unless the image appears
  in a book, digital medium, museum, or otherwise serves an educational or
  historical purpose.
2.  For the purposes of this section, the term "symbols of hate" shall
  include, but not be limited to, symbols  of  white  supremacy,  neo-Nazi
  ideology or the Battle Flag of the Confederacy.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 5 - Public Buildings Generally › 147 - Municipal Officers or Employees Prohibited From Displaying Political Advertisements on Public Property.

§  147.  Municipal  officers  or  employees prohibited from displaying
political advertisements on public property. 1.  For  purposes  of  this
section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a)  "Municipal  officer  or  employee" shall have the same meaning as
defined pursuant to section eight hundred of the general municipal  law,
except  that  it  shall  also  include  members  of  any  volunteer fire
department which is part of such municipality.
(b) "Political advertisement"  shall  mean  any  poster,  sign,  flag,
banner,  picture,  sticker,  patch, bumper sticker, article of clothing,
accessory or any other item meant to  advertise  or  promote  a  certain
individual for political office.
2.  A  municipal officer or employee, whether paid or unpaid, shall be
prohibited from displaying or causing  to  be  displayed  any  political
advertisement on or within any public building occupied in the discharge
of  official  duties  by an individual employed or holding office in the
government of the municipality by which  such  officer  or  employee  is
employed or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or on any public flag
pole,  monument,  sign  or any other permanent structure, as well as any
other location  specified  pursuant  to  section  ninety-nine-z  of  the
general  municipal law that such municipal officer or employee interacts
with as part of their official capacity.
3. This section shall not apply when such  a  political  advertisement
appears  in  a  book,  digital  medium,  museum,  or otherwise serves an
educational or historical purpose, or in  instances  where  the  certain
individual  who  is  the  subject  of  such  political  advertisement is
deceased.
2023 New York Laws › PBB - Public Buildings › Article 6 - Laws Repealed; When to Take Effect › 152 - Chapter Inapplicable to State University Construction.

§ 152.   Chapter  inapplicable  to  state university construction. The
  provisions of this  chapter  shall  not  apply  to  academic  buildings,
  dormitories  and  other facilities constructed, acquired, reconstructed,
  rehabilitated or improved for the use of the  state  university  of  New
  York  or any state-operated institution or statutory or contract college
  under the jurisdiction thereof or for the use of the  students,  faculty
  and staff of the state university or any such state-operated institution
  or  statutory  or  contract  college under the jurisdiction thereof, and
  their families, or to contracts entered into  by  the  state  university
  construction  fund  or the state university trustees pursuant to article
  eight-a of the education law or to real property held in the name of the
  state  for  purposes  of  the  state  university  of  New  York   or   a
  state-operated  institution  or  statutory or contract college under the
  jurisdiction thereof; provided, however, that nothing  herein  contained
  shall  be  deemed to affect the power of any officer, department, board,
  commission, bureau, division,  public  benefit  corporation,  agency  or
  instrumentality    of    the   state   from   constructing,   acquiring,
  reconstructing,  rehabilitating  or   improving   such   facilities   in
  accordance  with  the provisions of article eight-a of the education law
  if duly authorized by law; and  provided  further  that  nothing  herein
  contained  shall  be  deemed to affect the power of the state university
  trustees to enter into  any  short  form  contract  for  minor  work  of
  construction,   reconstruction,   alteration,  or  repair  of  any  such
  facilities  operated  under  the  jurisdiction  of  such   trustees   in
  accordance with the provisions of section twenty of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions › Title 2 - General Provisions › 10 - Legal Presumptions; Evidence.

§  10.  Legal  presumptions;  evidence.   1. The actions, proceedings,
  authority, and orders of the department in enforcing the  provisions  of
  the  public  health  law and the sanitary code applying them to specific
  cases shall at all times be regarded as in their  nature  judicial,  and
  shall be treated as prima facie just and legal.
2. The written reports of state and local health officers, inspectors,
  investigators,  nurses  and  other  representatives  of  state and local
  health officers on  questions  of  fact  pertaining  to,  concerning  or
  arising  under  and  in  connection with complaints, alleged violations,
  investigations, proceedings, actions, authority and orders,  related  to
  the  enforcement  of this chapter, the sanitary code or any local health
  regulation shall be presumptive evidence of the facts so stated therein,
  and shall be received as such in all  courts  and  places.  The  persons
  making  such  reports  shall  be  exempt from personal liability for the
  statements therein made, if they have acted in good faith.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 1 - Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions › Title 2 - General Provisions › 11 - Rules and Regulations of the Department; Evidence.

§ 11. Rules and regulations of the department; evidence.  1. The rules
  and regulations of the department promulgated pursuant to the provisions
  of this chapter may be read in evidence from the official compilation of
  codes,  rules  and  regulations  of the state of New York, or supplement
  thereto. To entitle any copy of the said rules  and  regulations,  other
  than those in the official compilation or supplement thereto, to be read
  in  evidence  there  shall  be  contained in the same book or pamphlet a
  printed certificate of the secretary  of  state  that  such  copy  is  a
  correct  transcript  of  the  text  of the said rules and regulations as
  published in the official compilation or supplement thereto. For such  a
  certificate  the secretary of state shall collect such a fee as he shall
  deem just and reasonable.
2. All regulations of the department on file in the department and  in
  the office of the secretary of state on the date when this chapter takes
  effect  shall  continue  to  be  binding  and  in force except as may be
  inconsistent with this chapter and as amended or repealed from  time  to
  time.