Contractor and Subcontractor Disclosure Obligations Under Public Authorities Law 1269-G

Under Section 1269-g of the Public Authorities Law, a contractor who has entered into a public works contract with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), and all of its subcontractors, must post and distribute specified information about certain laws to their employees working on the project. The laws are:

• The New York False Claims Act, Sections 187-194 of the State Finance Law, which encourages citizens to assist New York State and local governments to detect and stop fraud..
• Section 740 of the New York Labor Law, which protects from retaliation employees who have reported illegal conduct that threatens the public health or safety, first to their supervisor, and then to a federal, state, or local governmental body.

Set forth below is the information that contractors and subcontractors must disclose to their employees. We also have prepared a sample notice, entitled "Protections for Reporting Fraud in New York," which contains this information. A contractor or a subcontractor may use this sample notice to comply with its obligations under Section 1269-g(1) to post information at workplace sites; to post information on its website if it has one (or to provide a hyperlink to the MTA's website); and, to distribute information (through employee handbooks or email) to their employees who perform work on the contract.

 

INFORMATION THAT CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS MUST DISCLOSE

Reporting Fraud or other illegal activity

Fraud or other illegal activity may be reported to:

Office of the Inspector General

Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Two Penn Plaza, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10121

24-Hour Complaint Hotline

1-800-MTA-IG4U
1 -800-682-4448

New York State Attorney General

Public Integrity Bureau
120 Broadway, 22nd Floor
New York, New York 10005

Public Integrity Hotline

1-800-428-9072