New York A 3027: Relates to renaming the empire state trail the Governor Malcolm Wilson empire state trail

Status: REFERRED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (as of 2026-01-07)

State: New York · Session: 2025-2026 · Bill: A 3027

Sponsors: Nader Sayegh, Chris Tague, Joe DeStefano, Marianne Buttenschon, Robert Smullen

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A03027 Summary:

BILL NOA03027 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSayegh

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COSPNSRSmullen, DeStefano, Buttenschon, Tague

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §44, UDC Act

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Renames the empire state trail the Governor Malcolm Wilson empire state trail.

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BILL NOA03027 

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01/23/2025referred to economic development

01/07/2026referred to economic development

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3027

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH, SMULLEN, DeSTEFANO, BUTTENSCHON, TAGUE --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Economic Development

 AN ACT to amend the New York state urban development corporation act, in
 relation to renaming the empire state trail the Governor Malcolm
 Wilson empire state trail

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The trail currently known as the empire state trail shall
 2 be designated and known as the Governor Malcolm Wilson empire state
 3 trail and shall be referred to as such in all state publications, promo-
 4 tional materials, and websites.
 5 § 2. Section 44 of section 1 of chapter 174 of the laws of 1968,
 6 constituting the New York state urban development corporation act, as
 7 amended by section 43 of part XX of chapter 56 of the laws of 2024, is
 8 amended to read as follows:
 9 § 44. Issuance of certain bonds or notes. 1. Notwithstanding the
 10 provisions of any other law to the contrary, the dormitory authority and
 11 the corporation are hereby authorized to issue bonds or notes in one or
 12 more series for the purpose of funding project costs for the regional
 13 economic development council initiative, the economic transformation
 14 program, state university of New York college for nanoscale and science
 15 engineering, projects within the city of Buffalo or surrounding envi-
 16 rons, the New York works economic development fund, projects for the
 17 retention of professional football in western New York, the empire state
 18 economic development fund, the clarkson-trudeau partnership, the New
 19 York genome center, the cornell university college of veterinary medi-
 20 cine, the olympic regional development authority, projects at nano
 21 Utica, onondaga county revitalization projects, Binghamton university
 22 school of pharmacy, New York power electronics manufacturing consortium,
 23 regional infrastructure projects, high tech innovation and economic
 24 development infrastructure program, high technology manufacturing

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01168-02-5

 A. 3027 2

 1 projects in Chautauqua and Erie county, an industrial scale research and
 2 development facility in Clinton county, upstate revitalization initi-
 3 ative projects, downstate revitalization initiative, market New York
 4 projects, fairground buildings, equipment or facilities used to house
 5 and promote agriculture, the state fair, the Governor Malcolm Wilson
 6 empire state trail, the moynihan station development project, the Kings-
 7 bridge armory project, strategic economic development projects, the
 8 cultural, arts and public spaces fund, water infrastructure in the city
 9 of Auburn and town of Owasco, a life sciences laboratory public health
 10 initiative, not-for-profit pounds, shelters and humane societies, arts
 11 and cultural facilities improvement program, restore New York's communi-
 12 ties initiative, heavy equipment, economic development and infrastruc-
 13 ture projects, Roosevelt Island operating corporation capital projects,
 14 Lake Ontario regional projects, Pennsylvania station and other transit
 15 projects, athletic facilities for professional football in Orchard Park,
 16 New York, Rush - NY, New York AI Consortium, New York Creates UEV Tool,
 17 and other state costs associated with such projects. The aggregate prin-
 18 cipal amount of bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to this section
 19 shall not exceed twenty billion

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