The State of New York has determined, and has
stated in § 810 of the Labor Law of the State of New York, that
skilled manpower constitutes a great resource in this state; that
apprenticeship programs, through supervised training and education,
develop skilled craftsmen and help meet the increasing needs for such
workers in the state's labor force; that the continuing development
of skilled manpower is essential for individual self-realization and
for an expanding industrial economy; and that to those ends the state
has declared it to be the public policy of the State of New York to
develop sound apprenticeship training standards and to encourage industry
and labor to institute training programs. The City of Peekskill hereby
concurs with that statement of policy, not only on a state level,
but also on a local level, and finds it to be in the best interest
of the City to participate in the apprenticeship program established
in Labor Law Article 23.
When any contractor enters into any construction
contract in the amount of $1,500,000 or more with the City of Peekskill,
or enters into a subcontract for $500,000 or more, the contractor
and/or his subcontractor(s) shall have an apprenticeship agreement
appropriate for the type and scope of work to be performed that has
been registered with, and approved by, the Commissioner of Labor pursuant
to the requirements found in Article 23 of the Labor Law. For the
purposes of this chapter, the phrase "construction contract" shall
mean any contract with the City of Peekskill which involves the construction,
reconstruction, improvement, rehabilitation, maintenance, repair,
furnishing, equipping of or otherwise provided for any building, facility
or physical structure of any kind.