Legal Opinion
Matter of Gaston v. Taylor
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 25, 1937PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLehman, J.
The Legislature has provided that the wages to be paid to laborers, workmen or mechanics upon public works shall be not less than the “ prevailing rate for a day’s work in the same trade or occupation in the locality within the state where such public work on, about or in connection with which such labor is performed * * * is to be situated, erected or used.” (Labor Law; Cons. Laws, ch. 31 [Laws of 1921, ch. 50], § 220, subd. 3.) By subdivision 5 of the same section the Legislature declared that “ any person or corporation who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Austin v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Wood v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1937
- McAvoy v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1900
- McAvoy v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- McNulty v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1924
3Cited by38 opinions
- Foy v. SchechterNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
- Matter of Heaney v. McGoldrickNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Bucci v. Village of Port ChesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- Cayuga-Onondaga Counties Board of Cooperative Educational Services v. SweeneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
- De La Cruz v. Caddell Dry Dock & Repair Co.New York Court of Appeals · 2013
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