Section 1232-O. Prevailing wage

Each contract to which the authority is a
  party including, but not limited to, any contract, lease,  grant,  bond,
  covenant  or other debt agreement entered into directly or indirectly by
  the authority  financing  or  refinancing  in  whole  or  in  part,  the
  construction,  demolition,  reconstruction,  excavation, rehabilitation,
  repair, renovation or alteration of a  facility  or  an  improvement  to
  property  shall  require that the work covered by such contract shall be
  deemed "public work" and subject to and  performed  in  accordance  with
  articles  eight  and  nine  of  the  labor  law and, for the purposes of
  article fifteen-A of the executive law only, the contracting party under
  such contracts shall be deemed a state agency as that term is defined in
  such article and such contracts shall be deemed state  contracts  within
  the  meaning  of  that  term as set forth in such article. Project labor
  agreements may be entered into wherever possible in order to protect the
  financial interest of the county in  such  project  by  fostering  labor
  harmony  in  promoting  efficient  adoption  of  labor  work  rules  and
  practices.