N.Y. Arts & Cult. Aff. Law § 20.47
Any other provision of any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, all of the applicable provisions of the general municipal law, or of any other law, shall apply to the New York state cultural resources act herein continued in the same manner as if the language of such law had been incorporated in full into this article, except to the extent that such provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of this article. For the purposes of article fifteen-A of the executive law only, a trust shall be deemed a state agency as that term is used in such article, and its contracts for design, construction, services and materials shall be deemed state contracts within the meaning of that term as set forth in such article.
N.Y. Arts and Cult. Aff. Law § 20.47