Constitution of the State of New York Art. XIII § 14. [Legislative regulation of wages, salaries, hours, etc., of state or municipal employees and persons employed on public contracts]

The legislature may regulate and fix the wages or salaries and the hours of work or labor, and make provisions for the protection, welfare and safety, of persons employed by the state or by any county, city, town, village or other civil division of the state, or by any contractor or subcontractor performing work, labor or services for the state or for any county, city, town, village or other civil division thereof.