Prohibits contractors from submitting claims and receiving payment from subcontractors who are not pre-authorized by a contracting city agency; establishes penalties.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10462
IN ASSEMBLY
March 6, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to prohibiting persons from submitting claims on behalf of
subcontractors who were not pre-authorized by a contracting agency and
receiving payment for the unauthorized claims
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
2 by adding a new section 6-112.1 to read as follows:
3 § 6-112.1 Use of unauthorized contractors. Any person who submits a
4 claim for and receives payment in excess of one hundred thousand dollars
5 for a subcontractor not pre-authorized by the agency as required by the
6 contract, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not
7 less than one thousand dollars nor more than twenty-five thousand
8 dollars, by imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or both;
9 and the person on whose behalf such false, deceptive, or fraudulent
10 representation was made, shall thenceforth be disqualified from bidding
11 on any contracts for the city.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15037-01-6
