NY State Senate Bill 2025-S1613

Senate Bill S1613

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Directs empire state development, in conjunction with the office of general services, to create plans for the development of mixed-use commercial and residential property at, and redesign of, the Harriman campus

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business Committee

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 13, 2025	referred to commerce, economic development and small business

2025-S1613 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Commerce, Economic Development And Small Business
Law Section:: Economic Development

2025-S1613 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2025-S1613 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S1613

SPONSOR: FAHY
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one sets definitions.

Section two directs empire state development, in conjunction with the
office of general services, to set aside 7 acres of the Harriman State
Office Campus for mixed-use commercial and residential development.

Section three directs the empire state development, in conjunction with
the office of general services, to create a master plan for the redesign
of Harriman Campus.

Section four set the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Plans to relocate New York's Wadsworth Public Health Laboratories from
the Empire State Plaza to the Harriman State Office Campus were
announced in 2023. This move will better enable to laboratories to meet
critical emerging health concerns for New Yorkers. The relocation offers
a significant opportunity to align with the State's priorities of grow-
ing its housing stock and fostering economic development by setting
aside 7 acres of the campus for mixed-use commercial and residential
development.

Dedicating a portion of the campus to housing allows for the development
of units catering to workforce housing as well as low- and middle-income
families. This supports state efforts to reduce housing insecurity and
promote economic mobility. Mixed-use development on the Harriman Campus
can better integrate the Campus into the surrounding community, creating
additional walkability and stimulating economic activity. Existing plans
for the redevelopment of the site for the Laboratories set aside a large
amount of the Campus for parking. New York should avoid repeating the
mistakes of 1960's-style car-centric development by allowing retail,
commercial and residential uses in this pace.

This legislation directs empire state development, in conjunction with
the office of general services, to allocate 7 of the 27 acres of the
Harriman Campus for the development of housing or mixed-use commercial
space. This provision ensures that redevelopment efforts include a
balanced approach, addressing housing needs while supporting economic
development.

Moreover, this legislation directs empire state development, in conjunc-
tion with the office of general services, to develop a master plan for
the redesign of the entire Harriman Campus. This plan will identify
further opportunities for mixed-use commercial and residential develop-
ment, the repurposing of portions of the ring road surrounding the
campus, as well as an analysis of parking needs in surface lots. The
plan will prioritize reintegrating of the Harriman Campus with surround-
ing neighborhoods in the City of Albany.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Undetermined.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that section
one of this act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.

2025-S1613 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1613
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Commerce, Economic  Devel-
   opment and Small Business
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. Definitions.  For  the  purposes of this act, the following
 terms shall have the following meanings:
   1. "Harriman campus" means the W. Averell Harriman state office build-
 ing campus located in Albany, New York.
   2.  "Wadsworth  project" means the project under which 27 acres of the
 Harriman campus are, at the time of this act's effective date,  targeted
 for  development  of  the  department  of  health's new Wadsworth center
 public health laboratory.
   § 2. Mixed-use property at Harriman campus.  1. Empire state  develop-
 ment  in conjunction with the office of general services, shall create a
 development plan under which 7 acres of  the  portion  of  the  Harriman
 campus targeted for the Wadsworth project shall be developed into mixed-
 use commercial and residential property.
   2. Empire state development, in conjunction with the office of general
 services,  shall complete the development plan created under subdivision
 one of this section, and make such development plan available for public
 comment, no later than 180 days after the effective date of this act.
   § 3. Redesign of Harriman campus.  1.  Empire  state  development,  in
 conjunction  with  the office of general services, shall create a master
 plan for a redesign of the Harriman campus. Such a  plan  shall  include
 but  not  be limited to: (a) the identification of sites on the Harriman
 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

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 posing  or redesign of portions of the ring road surrounding the campus;
 and (c) an analysis of parking needs in surface lots.
   2. The master plan created under subdivision one of this section shall
 prioritize:  (a)  the  identification  of  opportunities to increase the
 integration and connectivity of the  Harriman  campus  with  surrounding
 neighborhoods  in  the  city of Albany; (b) the development of workforce
 and low-to-middle-income housing; and (c) the development of infrastruc-
 ture needed to further the utilization of multi-modal transportation.
   3. Empire state development, in conjunction with the office of general
 services, shall complete the master plan created under  subdivision  one
 of  this  section and make such master plan available for public comment
 no later than one year after the effective date of this act.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

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