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A PUBLIC LIBRARY IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE PREVAILING WAGE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LABOR LAW; THEREFORE THE CLEANING CONTRACTOR HIRED BY THE LIBRARY WAS NOT REQUIRED TO PAY ITS EMPLOYEES THE PREVAILING WAGE (THIRD DEPT).

The Third Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Lynch, reversing Supreme Court, determined the public library was not subject to the prevailing wage requirements of the Labor Law, Therefore the petitioner cleaning service, hired by the library, was not required to pay its employees the prevailing wage:

Although we are mindful that the prevailing wage law “is to be interpreted with the degree of liberality essential to the attainment of the end in view”… , that mandate does not permit an overly-broad reading of the statute that expands its reach to noncovered entities … . The library at issue undoubtedly performs a public function and is closely intertwined with the school district that it serves, but it is not itself “a municipal corporation, school district, district corporation [or] board of cooperative educational services” — the entities that are considered to be “[p]olitical subdivision[s]” of the state for purposes of public contracts … . By statute, an “education corporation” and a “school district” are separately defined, indicating “that they are mutually exclusive” … . An “education corporation” is a type of corporation formed for reasons “other than for profit” … , whereas a “school district” is a type of “municipal corporation” … . Reflecting its status as a distinct entity, the library’s Board of Trustees is vested with independent decision-making authority and operational control … . Nor do we view the library as “operat[ing] a public improvement” so as to be considered a public benefit corporation within the embrace of Labor Law § 230 (3) … , or as constituting any of the other public entities included within Labor Law article 9. Consequently, we hold that the library at issue is not a public agency within the meaning of Labor Law § 230 (3). Matter of Executive Cleaning Servs. Corp. v New York State Dept. of Labor, 2021 NY Slip Op 00461, Third Dept 1-28-21

 

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