N.Y. PBB Law § 24

§ 24. Application of article to mental hygiene construction. The\nprovisions of this article shall not apply to the department of mental\nhygiene or to mental hygiene facilities constructed, acquired,\nreconstructed, rehabilitated or improved pursuant to the health and\nmental hygiene facilities improvement act, or to contracts entered into\nby the trustees of the health and mental hygiene facilities improvement\ncorporation or by the state housing finance agency in relation thereto,\nor to real property held in the name of the state for the corporate\npurposes of such corporation, except that the provisions of this article\nshall apply, so far as practicable, to such mental hygiene facilities or\nreal property as are constructed, acquired, reconstructed, rehabilitated\nor improved by the commissioner of general services under an agreement\nmade with the trustees of the health and mental hygiene facilities\nimprovement corporation; and except further that nothing herein\ncontained shall be deemed to affect the power of the department of\nmental hygiene or the trustees of the health and mental hygiene\nfacilities improvement corporation to enter into any short form contract\nin accordance with section twenty of this chapter for minor work of\nconstruction, reconstruction, alteration, or repair of any mental\nhygiene facility being used by the said department or under the\njurisdiction of the said trustees.\n