New York Consolidated Laws, State Finance Law - STF § 179-p. Inapplicability of the provisions

1. under the eminent domain procedure law;

2. as interest allowed on judgments rendered by a court pursuant to any provision of law other than those provisions contained in this article;

3. to the federal government;  to any state agency or its related instrumentalities;  to any duly constituted unit of local government including, but not limited to, counties, cities, towns, villages, school districts, special districts, or any of their related instrumentalities;  to any public authority or public benefit corporation;  or to employees of state agencies when acting in, or incidental to, their public employment capacity;

4. to contractors of third party payment agreements including, but not limited to, the fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary designated pursuant to section three hundred sixty-seven-b of the social services law;

5. to entities which receive state funds through any intermediary organization other than a state agency;  or

6. in situations where the comptroller exercises a legally authorized set-off against all or part of the payment due the contractor.