Walton v. Comfort Sys. USA (Syracuse), Inc.

Summary

The court answered two certified questions concerning public-works employees' third-party beneficiary claims for prevailing wages. It held that Labor Law § 220 implicitly inserts a prevailing-wage promise into every covered public-works contract, regardless of the contract's wording, and that a contractual provision shortening the limitation period for such claims is unenforceable. The court therefore answered the first question affirmatively and the second negatively.