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N.Y. State Finance Law § 144 (2026)

Opening and reading of bids for contracts for public work; criminal conspiracies

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§ 144. Opening and reading of bids for contracts for public work;
criminal conspiracies. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of
any general or special law, contracts for public work in excess of five
thousand dollars shall be awarded by any board, officer, agency,
department or commission of the state only after advertisement for bids
shall contain a statement of the time and place where all bids received
in pursuance of such notice will be publicly opened and read and,
pursuant to such notice, all bids received shall be publicly opened and
read at the time and place so specified.
  2. A person or corporation who conspires to prevent competitive
bidding on a contract for public work or purchase advertised for bidding
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor as provided in section one hundred
three-e of the general municipal law.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1985–1994 · leading case: Lancaster Dev., Inc. v. Power Auth., 145 A.D.2d 806 (N.Y. App. Div. 3d Dep't 1988).
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Lancaster Dev., Inc. v. Power Auth., 145 A.D.2d 806 (N.Y. App. Div. 3d Dep't 1988). “Due to the inapplicability of the competitive bidding statutes (State Finance Law §§ 144, 174) to PASNY, no liability against Sweet may be predicated upon those statutes.”
In re Tecum, 114 A.D.2d 367 (N.Y. App. Div. 2d Dep't 1985). “, General Municipal Law § 103-d; State Finance Law § 144). Respondents have failed to show, however, why the statutory mandate of secrecy in Grand Jury proceedings would be insufficient to protect their interests (see, CPL 190.”
AT/COMM, Inc. v. Tufo, 200 A.D.2d 319 (N.Y. App. Div. 3d Dep't 1994). “Our review of other public bidding statutes did not reveal a statutory definition of a highway "improvement” which could be used to ascertain the scope of such language in Public Authorities Law § 359 (see, e.”
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