N.Y. State Finance Law Section 141
Claims against contractors


A contractor under a contract heretofore or hereafter made or awarded by the state or by any public department or official thereof, in case any claim or notice of claim for injury or damage to person or property, arising out of or in connection with the performance of such contract, be made to or filed with the state or any public department or official thereof, may file with the comptroller an undertaking in the terms and manner prescribed in this section, and thereupon the comptroller shall be authorized to make payments to such contractor pursuant to the terms of such contract. Such undertaking shall be executed with such sureties, in such form and for such amount as the comptroller may prescribe, and shall be conditioned for the payment by such contractor of any judgment which may be recovered in an action brought upon such claim.

Source: Section 141 — Claims against contractors, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/STF/141 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed May 4, 2024).

135
Separate specifications for contract work for the state
135‑A
Definitions
136
Contracts in pursuance of appropriations
136‑A
Contracts for architectural, engineering, geological, landscape architecture and surveying services
136‑B
Selection of underwriters by state agencies
136‑C
Contracts for employee training and organizational development services
136‑D
Contracts involving industrial painting and industrial coatings
136‑D*2
Contracts involving low embodied carbon concrete
137
Bond to secure payment of certain claims arising from a public improvement
138
State contracts not to be assigned without consent
138‑A
Commencement of actions on state public works contracts
139
Retained percentages
139‑A
Ground for cancellation of contract by state
139‑B
Disqualification to contract with state
139‑C
Removal of disqualification of public contractors by petition
139‑D
Statement of non-collusion in bids to the state
139‑E
Security bonds
139‑F
Payment on public work projects
139‑G
Obligations to make contracts available to small and certified women and minority-owned business concerns
139‑H
Participation in an international boycott prohibited
139‑I
Obligations with respect to procurement contracts with New York state and foreign business enterprises
139‑J
Restrictions on contacts during the procurement process
139‑K
Disclosure of contacts and responsibility of offerers
139‑L
Statement on sexual harassment, in bids
140
Disposition of deposit accompanying bid
141
Claims against contractors
142
Workmen’s compensation insurance on public works
143
Deposits on plans and specifications for contracts for public work
144
Opening and reading of bids for contracts for public work
145
Acceptance of final payment under a state contract
146
Certain construction contracts involving steel
147
Mentor-protege program
148
Certain contracts involving personal protective equipment and medical supplies

Accessed:
May 4, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 141’s source at nysenate​.gov

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