STATE OF NEW YORK
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10125
IN SENATE
April 30, 2026
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Introduced by Sens. BOTTCHER, ASHBY, BROUK, MAY, MAYER -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Procurement and Contracts
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring certain
state owned and operated parking facilities to install and maintain
charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 201-b
2 to read as follows:
3 § 201-b. Electric vehicle charging stations. 1. For the purposes of
4 this section, the term "parking facility" shall mean a parking garage,
5 parking structure, or open parking lot that is paved and striped to
6 designate individual parking spaces for vehicles and which has fifty
7 parking spaces or more.
8 2. Any parking facility owned and operated by the state of New York,
9 that offers between fifty and two hundred parking spaces for the
10 purposes of public use, state employee use and pay-per-usage, is hereby
11 required to install electric charging stations in at least ten percent
12 of the total number of parking spaces offered by such facility or have
13 electric vehicle charging infrastructure that provides a minimum number
14 of kilovolt-amps (kVA) equal to ten percent of the number of actual
15 parking spaces multiplied by 6.6 which may be satisfied via the instal-
16 lation of level two, direct current fast chargers, or a combination of
17 both.
18 3. Any parking facility owned and operated by the state of New York,
19 that offers more than two hundred parking spaces for the purposes of
20 public use, state employee use and pay-per-usage, is hereby required to
21 install electric charging stations in at least twenty percent of the
22 total number of parking spaces offered by such facility or have electric
23 vehicle charging infrastructure that provides a minimum number of kilo-
24 volt-amps (kVA) equal to twenty percent of the number of actual parking
25 spaces multiplied by 6.6 which may be satisfied via the installation of
26 level two, direct current fast chargers, or a combination of both.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 4. Each electric vehicle charging station required pursuant to this
2 section shall support electric vehicle charging with a minimum of forty
3 amperes and two hundred eight volts of electrical capacity. Such elec-
4 tric vehicle charging stations and all other components and work appur-
5 tenant thereto shall be in accordance with all applicable state, county,
6 city, town, or village electrical codes.
7 5. The office of general services shall be responsible for the instal-
8 lation of any electric vehicle supply equipment and charging stations.
9 If such installation shall require the state to make upgrades to any
10 electrical supply equipment to safely and sufficiently power and operate
11 such charging stations, the office of general services shall increase
12 the electrical capacity of the existing system by installing new compo-
13 nents as necessary. If the office of general services is unable to make
14 such technical upgrades to a facility, the office may contract with a
15 licensed electrician or similar service provider to upgrade the elec-
16 trical capacity of said facility. Such contracted work shall comply with
17 the provisions of article eight of the labor law, including the payment
18 of a wage of not less than the prevailing wage in the locality where
19 such parking facility is located.
20 6. The office of general services may be responsible for the mainte-
21 nance, general upkeep and repair of any electric vehicle supply equip-
22 ment and charging stations. If the office of general services is unable
23 to complete such maintenance or repairs, the office may contract with a
24 licensed electrician or similar repair service to complete the necessary
25 work on said equipment.
26 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding
27 the date upon which it shall have become a law.
