Section 179-P - Inapplicability of the provisionsThe provisions of this article shall not apply to payments due and owing by the state:
1. under the eminent domain procedure law;2. as interest allowed on judgments rendered by a court pursuant to any provision of law other than those provisions contained in this article;3. to the federal government; to any state agency or its related instrumentalities; to any duly constituted unit of local government including, but not limited to, counties, cities, towns, villages, school districts, special districts, or any of their related instrumentalities; to any public authority or public benefit corporation; or to employees of state agencies when acting in, or incidental to, their public employment capacity;4. to contractors of third party payment agreements including, but not limited to, the fiscal agent or fiscal intermediary designated pursuant to section three hundred sixty-seven-b of the social services law;5. to entities which receive state funds through any intermediary organization other than a state agency; or6. in situations where the comptroller exercises a legally authorized set-off against all or part of the payment due the contractor.N.Y. State Fin. Law § 179-P