§ 179-g. Computation of interest payment. Interest payments on amounts due to a contractor pursuant to this article shall be paid to the contractor for the period beginning on the day after the required payment date and ending on the payment date for those payments required according to this article and shall be paid at the rate of interest in effect on the date when the interest payment is made. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, interest shall be computed at the rate equal to the overpayment rate set by the commissioner of taxation and finance pursuant to subsection (e) of section one thousand ninety-six of the tax law.