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--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 24, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ROMERO, McDONALD, STECK -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged,
bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said
committee
AN ACT directing the empire state development corporation, in conjunc-
tion 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 Harri-
man 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 New York state life sciences public
6 health laboratory project on an approximately 27-acre site on the south-
7 eastern portion of the Harriman campus.
8 § 2. Mixed-use property at Harriman campus. 1. At least 7 acres of
9 surface parking or underutilized contiguous space within the Wadsworth
10 project site shall be set aside for commercial and retail development
11 until the completion of the master plan pursuant to section three of
12 this act. Empire state development corporation, in conjunction with the
13 office of general services, shall conduct a development study to develop
14 such set aside area within the Wadsworth project site into mixed-use
15 commercial and residential property.
16 2. Empire state development corporation, in conjunction with the
17 office of general services, shall complete and publish the development
18 study conducted under subdivision one of this section, no later than 180
19 days after the effective date of this act, provided that it shall
20 publish a draft study for public review and comment for a minimum of 45
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 days prior to publishing the final development study, which shall
2 respond to substantive comments raised during such public comment peri-
3 od.
4 § 3. Redesign of Harriman campus. 1. Empire state development corpo-
5 ration, in conjunction with the office of general services, shall create
6 a master plan for a redesign of the Harriman campus. Such a plan shall
7 include but not be limited to: (a) the identification of sites on the
8 Harriman campus for mixed-use commercial and retail development; (b) the
9 repurposing or redesign of portions of the ring road surrounding the
10 campus; (c) an analysis of parking needs in surface lots; and (d) the
11 infrastructure needed to support the Wadsworth Project and the mixed-use
12 commercial and retail development pursuant to section two of this act.
13 2. The master plan created under subdivision one of this section shall
14 prioritize: (a) the integration and connectivity of the Harriman campus
15 with surrounding neighborhoods in the city of Albany; (b) the develop-
16 ment of workforce and low-to-middle-income housing; and (c) the develop-
17 ment of infrastructure needed to further the utilization of multi-modal
18 transportation.
19 3. Empire state development corporation, in conjunction with the
20 office of general services, shall complete and publish the master plan
21 created under subdivision one of this section no later than one year
22 after the effective date of this act, provided that it shall publish a
23 draft plan for public review and comment for a minimum of 45 days prior
24 to publishing the finalized master plan, which shall respond to substan-
25 tive comments raised during such public comment period.
26 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
