New York Consolidated Laws, Labor Law - LAB § 221-a. Permits required

No person or persons shall conduct what is commonly known as a company store or a labor camp for the purpose of selling provisions or clothing or for providing board and/or lodging to workmen in the employ of a contractor, subcontractor or other person doing the whole or a part of the work contemplated by a contract awarded by the state or a municipal corporation without a permit from the industrial commissioner.  1