New York Assembly Bill A05918 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5918 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 24, 2025 ___________ 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. LBD04260-02-5 
 A. 5918 2 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.