The following is based on a memo Al Reeve recently prepared for a municipal client. The Wicks Law (General Municipal Law Sec. 101 and State Finance Law Sec. 135) applies to “contracts for the erection, construction, reconstruction or alteration of “buildings” in excess of various statutory minimum amounts. The Wicks Law, however, does not define … Continued

BREACH OF CONTRACT/NOTICE TO CURE 47A-1. Plaintiff subcontractor filed breach of contract action against general contractor for failing to comply with notice to cure provision before terminating subcontract and thereafter filed motion for summary judgment which was granted. Defendant appealed, arguing that the contract was terminated because of plaintiff’s faulty work that could not have been … Continued