Client Workshop: The Use of “Piggybacking” for Procurements

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EVENT DETAILS:

Friday, April 4, 2025

11:30 AM - 3:00 PM

Ingerman Smith LLP

150 Motor Parkway

Hauppauge, NY 11788

ATTORNEYS:

Antonia L. Hamblin, Esq.

Mary Anne Sadowski, Esq.

Carrie Anne Tondo, Esq. 

Steven A. Goodstadt, Esq.

On February 13, 2025, the Broome County Supreme Court issued a decision in Daniel J. Lynch, Inc. et al., v. Board of Education of Maine-Endwell Central School District et al., ruling that piggybacking on public works projects is not authorized under General Municipal Law §103(16), stating that General Municipal Law §103(16) only applied to the purchase of certain “apparatus, materials, equipment or supplies” or specific classes of things, rather than public works projects. The Court found the exclusion of the terms “public works contracts,” or “public works projects” in the actual statute indicated a legislative intent to limit the coverage of the “piggybacking” exception.

In light of this recent decision, our Firm is hosting a lunch and learn on April 4, 2025 to discuss important issues related to purchasing and bidding, including bidding for public works projects and acceptable uses for piggybacking. We hope that you will be able to attend this workshop.

Antonia Hamblin

Mary Anne Sadowski

Carrie Anne Tondo

Steven Goodstadt