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NY A05918

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/24/2025

Primary Sponsor

Gabriella Romero

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Origin

Assembly

2025-2026 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires at least 7 acres of surface parking or underutilized space within the Wadsworth project site on the Harriman campus in Albany to be set aside for commercial, retail, and residential mixed-use development

  • Empire State Development Corporation and Office of General Services must complete a development study for the mixed-use property within 180 days, including a 45-day public comment period on the draft

  • Mandates creation of a master plan for redesigning the entire Harriman campus within one year, covering mixed-use development sites, ring road repurposing, parking analysis, and infrastructure needs

  • Master plan must prioritize integration with surrounding Albany neighborhoods, workforce and low-to-middle-income housing development, and multi-modal transportation infrastructure

  • Both the development study and master plan require public comment periods of at least 45 days and must respond to substantive comments before final publication

Legislative Description

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.

Last Action

referred to governmental operations

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Governmental Operations2/24/2025

Full Bill Text

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