New York S 4849: Directs the department of transportation to conduct a traffic and planning study on the feasibility of transforming the Harriman campus in connection with the relocation of the Wadsworth Laboratory at Harriman

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Directs the department of transportation to conduct a traffic and planning study on the feasibility of transforming the Harriman campus in connection with the relocation of the Wadsworth Laboratory at Harriman; directs a report on the findings of such study to be delivered within one year of effectiveness.

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02/13/2025REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

01/07/2026REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION

05/05/20261ST REPORT CAL.939

05/06/20262ND REPORT CAL.

05/07/2026ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/14/2026PASSED SENATE

05/14/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

05/14/2026referred to transportation

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4849

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation

 AN ACT directing the department of transportation to conduct a traffic
 and planning study on the feasibility of transforming the Harriman
 campus in connection with the relocation of the Wadsworth Laboratory
 at Harriman

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

 1 Section 1. 1. The department of transportation shall conduct a traffic
 2 and planning study to determine the feasibility of transforming the
 3 eastern end of the Harriman campus in connection with the relocation of
 4 the Wadsworth Laboratory at Harriman that will allow easier access to
 5 the campus from the city of Albany, help better connect and integrate
 6 the campus within the city of Albany, and provide reasonable traffic
 7 operations allowing for additional acreage for mixed-use development,
 8 green space, and multi-modal transportation. For the purposes of this
 9 act, the term "Harriman campus" shall mean the W. Averell Harriman state
 10 office building campus located in Albany, New York.
 11 2. Such study shall examine the challenges, opportunities, cost, and
 12 environmental impact of transforming the eastern end of the Harriman
 13 campus in connection with the relocation of the Wadsworth Laboratory at
 14 Harriman that will allow easier access to the Harriman campus from the
 15 city of Albany, help better connect and integrate the Harriman campus
 16 within the city of Albany, and provide reasonable traffic operations
 17 allowing for additional acreage for mixed-use development, green space,
 18 and multi-modal transportation. Further, such study shall take into
 19 consideration efforts to harness the full multiplier effect of the
 20 public investment, create a diverse capital region research triangle
 21 with the State University at Albany, the Albany NanoTech Complex,
 22 including the SUNY Polytechnic Institute's College of Nanoscale Science
 23 and Engineering, and the SUNY Emerging Technology & Entrepreneurship

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09515-01-5

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 1 Complex (ETEC), examine parts of 27 acres currently targeted for Wads-
 2 worth Laboratory to provide space for private sector research & develop-
 3 ment spin-off, thereby gaining taxable property, and relocate the
 4 University at Albany School of Public Health to the Harriman campus.
 5 Such study shall consider the findings of the 2007 Harriman campus link-
 6 age study completed by the capital district transportation committee and
 7 relevant findings from the Harriman Research and Technology Development
 8 Corporation.
 9 3. Upon completion of such study, but no later than one year from the
 10 effective date of this act, the department of transportation shall issue
 11 a report based on the findings of such study to the governor, the tempo-
 12 rary president of the senate, and the speaker of the assembly. Such
 13 report shall include, but not be limited to:
 14 (a) the findings of such study;
 15 (b) any short-term and long-term actions that can be implemented by
 16 the d