2016 State of the State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Contents 1. Economic Agenda ................................................................ 15 Part One: Controlling Spending, Reducing Taxes, and Improving Efficiency ........................................................................ 17 Proposal: Keep State Spending Under Two Percent ...... 20 Proposal: $300 Million Small Business Tax Cut ............... 20 Proposal: Launch a $20 Million Municipal Consolidation and Efficiency Competition ....................................................... 22 Part Two: Built to Lead: Infrastructure Program ................. 24 Proposal: Invest a Record $26.1 Billion in the MTA ....... 27 Proposal: Enhance MTA User Experience with New Technology ...................................................................................... 30 Proposal: Renovate and Upgrade 30 MTA Subway Stations .............................................................................................. 32 Proposal: Modernize JFK and LaGuardia Airports .......... 33 Proposal: Build a New Empire Station Complex to Replace Penn Station ................................................................... 33 Proposal: Expand and Enhance the Javits Center ............ 36 Proposal: Jumpstart the Gateway Tunnel Project ........... 38 Proposal: Add Track and Passenger Capacity to the Long Island Rail Road ............................................................................. 39 Proposal: Explore Feasibility of New Transportation Access Points to Long Island .................................................... 40 Proposal: $1 Million Deep Water Port Study at Old Shoreham Power Plant ............................................................... 41 Proposal: $50 Million Ronkonkoma Hub Expansion ...... 41 1 Proposal: $6 Million MacArthur Airport Modernization and Revitalization ......................................................................... 42 Proposal: Promote Economic Development at Republic Airport ............................................................................................... 43 Proposal: Launch $200 Million Competition to Revitalize Upstate Airports ............................................................................ 43 Proposal: $22 Billion Capital Plan for New York’s Roads and Bridges ...................................................................................... 44 Proposal: Enact the Thruway Toll Reduction Plan ......... 45 Proposal: Launch the $1 Billion New BRIDGE NY Program to Fix Bridges ............................................................... 47 Proposal: Launch the New $1 Billion PAVE NY Program to Build and Fix Roads ................................................................ 48 Proposal: Launch a New $500 Million Infrastructure Hardening Program ..................................................................... 49 Proposal: Create the Design and Construction Office .... 50 Part Three: Upstate Economic Growth ..................................... 51 Proposal: Invest $750 Million through Round Six of the Regional Economic Development Councils ........................ 56 Proposal: $200 Million for URI Runner Ups to Fund Top Projects.............................................................................................. 57 Proposal: Invest $100 Million in Downtown Revitalization Program ............................................................... 58 Proposal: Bring Mixed Martial Arts to New York ............ 59 Part Four: Tourism: I LOVE NY .................................................... 60 Proposal: Expand Tourism Investment to $50 Million . 62 Proposal: Adirondack and New Challenges ....................... 62 Proposal: Invest $5 Million to Promote Outdoor Recreation in the Catskills ......................................................... 63 2 Part Five: Producing New York’s Best....................................... 64 Proposal: Expand the Taste NY Program and Open Four New Stores ....................................................................................... 68 Proposal: Modernize and Simplify the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law ................................................................. 70 Proposal: Update the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law to Grow E-Commerce........................................................................ 71 Proposal: Cut Taxes for Craft Beverage Producers ......... 71 Part Six: Building A Clean Energy Economy ........................... 72 Proposal: Adopt an Aggressive Clean Energy Standard 75 Proposal: Adopt the Clean Energy Fund .............................. 76 Proposal: Increase Renewable Energy Consumption at State Owned Facilities and on SUNY Campuses ............... 77 Proposal: Make 500,000 Homes and 20,000 Businesses More Energy Efficient By 2020 ............................................... 79 Proposal: Install Solar on 150,000 New Homes and Businesses by 2020 ...................................................................... 80 Proposal: Build 300 Additional Wind Turbines by 2020 and Create a Master Plan for Offshore Wind ..................... 80 Proposal: Invest $8 Million to Build Out Community Microgrids ........................................................................................ 82 Proposal: Launch the $3 Million “Energy to Lead” Competition for Colleges and Universities ......................... 83 Proposal: Invest $75 Million in Affordable Housing and Retrofit 100,000 Units by 2025 .............................................. 83 Proposal: Create Clean Energy Workforce Opportunity Program and Train 10,000 Workers by 2020 ................... 85 2. Education: A Ladder to Opportunity ............................ 87 Part One: Higher Education ........................................................... 89 3 Proposal: Extend the NYSUNY 2020 and NYCUNY 2020 Program ............................................................................................ 93 Proposal: Expand SUNY and CUNY Performance Initiatives .......................................................................................... 97 Proposal: Expand Commercialization Opportunities— Launch Bio-Science Venture Capital Competition ........... 98 Proposal: BioElectronic Facility at Nassau Hub ............... 99 Proposal: Create the New York State Innovation Database ........................................................................................... 99 Proposal: Expanding Educational and Economic Opportunity to All by Expanding Access to Early College and CTE Programs ..................................................................... 100 Proposal: Expand Community College Community Schools ............................................................................................ 105 Proposal: Enact the DREAM Act ........................................... 105 Part Two: Pre-Kindergarten-12 Education .......................... 107 Proposal: Increase School Aid to Highest Level in History ........................................................................................................... 109 Proposal: Eliminate the Gap Elimination Adjustment 110 Proposal: Establish the $100 Million Community Schools Transformation Fund to Transform Failing Schools ... 111 Proposal: $200 Supplies Credit for Teachers ................. 113 Proposal: Establish an Education Tax Credit ................. 113 Proposal: Support School Choice ......................................... 114 Proposal: Examine Enrollment and Retention Policies in Charter Schools ........................................................................... 114 Proposal: Restoring the Trust in Education: The Common Core Task Force....................................................... 115 Proposal: Expand Pre-Kindergarten for Three Year Olds ........................................................................................................... 117 4 Proposal: Expand Quality Monitoring and Improvement in Pre-Kindergarten .................................................................. 119 Proposal: Extend Mayoral Control in New York City .. 120 Proposal: Make Schools Safer ............................................... 121 3. Preserving our Environment and Open Space ...... 125 Proposal: Increase the Environmental Protection Fund to $300 Million ............................................................................ 128 Proposal: Make New York Coal Free By 2020 ................ 130 Proposal: Advance $7 Million for Environmental Justice Programming ............................................................................... 131 Proposal: Increase Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2015 to $300 Million ........................................................... 133 Proposal: Accelerate $500 Million Nitrogen Pollution Prevention Program on Long Island .................................. 134 Proposal: Invest $9 Million to Build Advanced Zero Emission Vehicle Charging Stations ................................... 136 Proposal: Reduce Organic Waste to Lower Methane Emissions ...................................................................................... 137 Proposal: Invest $125 Million to Rebuild State Parks 138 Proposal: Launch “Connect Kids” Parks Access Program and Provide Free Parks Entry for 220,000 Fourth Graders ........................................................................................... 140 4. Public Safety ...................................................................... 143 Proposal: Establish Permanent Statewide Law Enforcement