Directs empire state development, in conjunction with the office of general services, to create a plan to develop mixed-use commercial and residential property on a certain portion of the Harriman campus; directs such plan to be completed and made available for public comment no later than 180 days after the effective date; directs empire state development, in conjunction with the office of general services, to create a master plan for the redesign of the Harriman campus; directs that such plan be completed and made available for public comment no later than one year after the effective date.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5918
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 24, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ROMERO, McDONALD -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT directing empire state development, in conjunction with the
office of general services, to create plans for the development of
mixed-use commercial and residential property on a certain portion of
the Harriman campus, and for redesign of the Harriman campus
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this act, the following
2 terms shall have the following meanings:
3 1. "Harriman campus" means the W. Averell Harriman state office build-
4 ing campus located in Albany, New York.
5 2. "Wadsworth project" means the project under which 27 acres of the
6 Harriman campus are, at the time of this act's effective date, targeted
7 for development of the department of health's new Wadsworth center
8 public health laboratory.
9 § 2. Mixed-use property at Harriman campus. 1. Empire state develop-
10 ment in conjunction with the office of general services, shall create a
11 development plan under which 7 acres of the portion of the Harriman
12 campus targeted for the Wadsworth project shall be developed into mixed-
13 use commercial and residential property.
14 2. Empire state development, in conjunction with the office of general
15 services, shall complete the development plan created under subdivision
16 one of this section, and make such development plan available for public
17 comment, no later than 180 days after the effective date of this act.
18 § 3. Redesign of Harriman campus. 1. Empire state development, in
19 conjunction with the office of general services, shall create a master
20 plan for a redesign of the Harriman campus. Such a plan shall include
21 but not be limited to: (a) the identification of sites on the Harriman
22 campus for mixed-use commercial and retail development; (b) the repur-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 posing or redesign of portions of the ring road surrounding the campus;
2 and (c) an analysis of parking needs in surface lots.
3 2. The master plan created under subdivision one of this section shall
4 prioritize: (a) the identification of opportunities to increase the
5 integration and connectivity of the Harriman campus with surrounding
6 neighborhoods in the city of Albany; (b) the development of workforce
7 and low-to-middle-income housing; and (c) the development of infrastruc-
8 ture needed to further the utilization of multi-modal transportation.
9 3. Empire state development, in conjunction with the office of general
10 services, shall complete the master plan created under subdivision one
11 of this section and make such master plan available for public comment
12 no later than one year after the effective date of this act.
13 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
