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Further Developments in the Area of Prevailing Wages on Local Development Corporation Projects

On November 4, 2016, the Commissioner of Labor for the State of New York issued a Decision and Order determining that a project on a de-commissioned air force base, organized by Cardinal Griffiss Realty LLC, a New York not-for-profit corporation, to construct a new private office building for a private for-profit entity did not need to comply with prevailing wage provisions of the New York State Labor Law as the projects do not involve a Public Corporation or a Public Benefit Corporation and do not benefit the public or a public entity.  Read the article and Amicus Brief.