Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. v. City of Rochester

Doerr, J. (dissenting).

I respectfully dissent. In my view, the ordinance, which grants a preference to bidders having apprenticeship training programs, impermissibly impinges upon New York’s competitive bidding statute for municipalities (General Municipal Law § 103).

The purpose behind the competitive bidding statute is set forth in General Municipal Law § 100-a, providing that the article dealing with public contracts shall be construed "so as to assure the prudent and economical use of public moneys for the benefit of all the inhabitants of the state and to facilitate the acquisition of…