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THE ELECTRICAL-CONTRACTOR CORP WAS NOT LICENSED TO DO ELECTRICAL WORK IN NYC; THE FACT THAT THE CORPORATION’S VICE PRESIDENT WAS LICENSED AND THE VICE PRESIDENT’S COMPANY, WHICH DID THE ELECTRICAL WORK AS A SUBCONTRACTOR, WAS LICENSED DOESN’T MATTER; THE CORPORATION CAN NOT SUE FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff electrical-contractor corporation could not sue for breach of contract because the corporation was not licensed in NYC to do electrical work, even though plaintiff’s vice president was licensed and the vice president’s company (QNCC) which did the work as plaintiff corporation’s subcontractor was licensed:

Administrative Code § 27-3017(a) states that it shall be unlawful for any person to, inter alia, perform electrical work in the City of New York unless that person is a licensed master electrician or special electrician. Licensing statutes are to be strictly construed … . …

The plaintiff’s contention that recovery should not be denied because QNCC was a duly licensed subcontractor which performed the electrical work is without merit. This Court has previously held that such a relationship is insufficient to permit an unlicensed contractor to recover for work performed in the City … . “‘So strict has been judicial construction of the statutory requirement through concern for the public health and welfare that the requirement may not be satisfied by employing or subletting’ the work to an appropriately licensed person” … . Moreover, that the plaintiff’s vice president had a master electrician’s license, and that the defendant’s architect knew that the electrical work permits were issued to an entity other than the plaintiff, does not bar the application of the above rule … . Electrical Contr. Solutions Corp. v Trump Vil. Section 4, Inc., 2024 NY Slip Op 01907, Second Dept 4-10-24

Practice Point: The NYC Administrative Code requirement that electrical work must be done by licensed entities or persons is strictly construed. Here the electrical-contractor corporation’s vice president was licensed and the vice president’s company which did the work as a subcontractor was licensed, but the corporation was not. The corporation could not sue for breach of contract.

 

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