New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 3 - Executive Orders (Hugh L. Carey) › Section 3.86 - Executive Order No. 86: Targeting the location of State facilities in downtown areas

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
I, Hugh L. Carey, Governor of the State of New York, by
					 virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the Laws of the
					 State of New York, do hereby issue this Executive Order to solidify the State's
					 commitment to help local governments promote the redevelopment of downtown
					 areas by targeting the location of State facilities in downtown areas,
					 including the leasing of space for State use, and by examining the potential
					 for the conversion of surplus properties to private use.
Over the past two decades, municipalities of New York State
					 have experienced a decline in their central business districts and downtown
					 areas. Nevertheless, urban areas remain important generators of employment and
					 centers of economic and cultural activity. They contain sizeable public
					 investments and house major storehouses, producers and consumers of goods. In a
					 time of dwindling resources, they are efficient conservers of energy.
The State must use its resources, in cooperation with local
					 governments and the private sector, to promote the redevelopment of downtown
					 areas. The location of State facilities in downtown areas, including the
					 leasing of space for State use, can complement these redevelopment efforts. In
					 addition, nonutilized or underutilized State facilities, available for
					 conversion to private use, offer a potentially significant incentive to attract
					 private sector investment in urban areas.
To ensure this State policy is properly coordinated and
					 implemented, I hereby direct:
- the Director of the Division of the Budget and the
					 Commissioner of General Services to carry out an intensified effort to locate
					 and use State facilities in downtown areas, including the leasing of space for
					 State use, and to explore the conversion of surplus properties to private
					 use;
- the heads of State departments and agencies to assign
					 priority to the rehabilitation of State facilities and the development of new
					 facilities in downtown areas;
- the heads of State departments and agencies, in
					 cooperation with the Commissioner of General Services, to assign priority to
					 the leasing of space in downtown areas, when additional space is required to
					 conduct State business. In this regard, State agencies and departments shall
					 review and modify their procedures for requesting leasing assistance from the
					 Office of General Services to include a written report detailing the extent to
					 which consideration was given to downtown locations, when additional office
					 space is necessary; and
- the Commissioner of General Services, using the directory
					 of "State-Owned Real Property Available for Economic Development," to cooperate
					 with State development agencies to offer surplus State properties for
					 conversion to private use.
The Urban Affairs Cabinet will monitor the implementation
					 of this Executive Order and report to the Governor from time to time as
					 necessary.
Signed: Hugh L. Carey
Dated: March 22, 1979