2006 New York Code - Specifications.

 
    §  2875-b.  Specifications. Within twelve months of the effective date
  of this  section  all  public  authorities  or  commissions  created  or
  continued   by   this   chapter   shall  review  their  present  product
  specifications to  determine  whether  such  require  that  products  be
  manufactured from virgin materials or exclude products manufactured from
  secondary  materials  and  shall,  on  or  before  April first, nineteen
  hundred ninety revise and adopt their product specifications as  may  be
  necessary to ensure that:
    a.  Where such specifications exclude the use of products manufactured
  from secondary materials or require that products be  manufactured  from
  virgin  materials  only,  such exclusions or requirements be eliminated;
  provided however, that specifications need not be revised if the  public
  authority  or  commission  demonstrates  that for a particular end use a
  product  containing  secondary  materials  would  not   meet   necessary
  performance standards.
    b.  Performance standards, specifications and a product's intended end
  use are related, and clearly identified when feasible.
    c. Specifications are not overly stringent for a particular end use or
  performance standard.
    d.  Specifications  incorporate  or  require  the  use  of   secondary
  materials  to  the  maximum  extent practicable without jeopardizing the
  performance or intended end use of the product; provided however,  where
  the  public  authority  or commission demonstrates that for a particular
  end  use  a  product  containing  secondary  materials  would  not  meet
  necessary   performance   standards,   such   specifications   need  not
  incorporate or require the use of secondary materials.