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New York — all political subdivisions

For New York, state and entity type is New York — all political subdivisions; entity type is all political subdivisions and districts, including soil conservation districts; spending category is public work (higher figure) and purchase contracts (lower figure); formal bid threshold (as stated in statute) is more than thirty-five thousand dollars; threshold (normalised) is $35,000 for public work; $20,000 for purchase contracts, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

State and entity type
New York — all political subdivisions our reading
State
New York our reading
Entity type
all political subdivisions and districts, including soil conservation districts our reading
Spending category
public work (higher figure) and purchase contracts (lower figure) our reading
Formal bid threshold (as stated in statute)
more than thirty-five thousand dollars verified
Threshold (normalised)
$35,000 for public work; $20,000 for purchase contracts our reading
Informal quote tier
none stated in this section our reading
Indexation
no adjustment mechanism stated in this section our reading
Statutory citation
N.Y. Gen. Mun. Law § 103(1) our reading
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What the source says

all contracts for public work involving an expenditure of more than thirty-five thousand dollars and all purchase contracts involving an expenditure of more than twenty thousand dollars, shall be awarded by the appropriate officer, board or agency of a political subdivision or of any district therein including but not limited to a soil conservation district to the lowest responsible bidder

nysenate.gov, retrieved 2026-08-19

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