CONTENTS Overview 10 Ensuring Government works for all New Yorkers 12 • Achieved a record of fiscal responsibility • Implemented seventh fiscally responsible budget • Maintained prudent capital spending and reduced debt • Implemented lowest middle class tax rates in 70 years Revitalizing New York’s Infrastructure 14 • Completing the new Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge • Completed the First Span of the Kosciuszko Bridge • Opened the Second Avenue subway • Completed the west end concourse at Penn Station • Redevelopment Process Began for JFK Airport • Redevelopment of Syracuse Hancock International Airport • Redevelopment of Elmira Corning Regional Airport • Redevelopment of a new greater Rochester International Airport • Redevelopment of of Plattsburgh International Airport • Moved Forward with Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) third track • Completed LIRR second track – Ronkonkoma to Farmingdale • Began construction on the Woodbury Transit and Economic Development Hub • Began construction on the Schenectady Train Station project • Instituted the New York Buy American Act • Implemented cashless tolling • Announced Cross Harbor Freight Program • MTA revitalization • Launched the subway action plan and Metropolitan Transportation Authority reorganization • Launched MTA Genius competition • Launched enhanced station initiative • Responded to Penn Station repairs • Launched subway station track cleaning initiative • Dedicated 9/11 first responders memorial • Completed Rochester Train Station • Began the Transformation of the Sheridan and Bruckner Expressways • Began phase III of the Van Wyck and Kew Gardens Interchange Project • Completed the Utica North South Arterial • Completed the Empire Bridge Program • Dedicated the Assemblyman Herman “Denny” Farrell Bike/Pedestrian Bridge Harnessing New York’s Clean Energy Resources 24 • Grew the clean economy • Established the most ambitious offshore wind energy goal in the U.S. • Grew solar power • Record-breaking solicitations enabling investments in clean energy projects • Increased electric car sales • Announced an orderly close of the Indian Point energy center by April 2020 • Expanded the New York Green Bank • Integrated cutting-edge monitoring of State Energy Assets • Funded Community Microgrid Projects Preserving the Environment 27 • Founded U.S. Climate Alliance Along with California and Washington State • Announced Multi-State Effort to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector 30% by 2030 • Protected New Yorker’s From the Dangers of Fracking • Cracked down on Illegal Ivory sales to protect elephants – hosts second ivory crush • Completed the capping of Onondaga Lake • Adopted methane reduction plan to cut harmful emissions from landfills, agri culture and oil and gas • Released comprehensive ocean action plan to protect critical marine resources • Adopted official sea-level rise projections to plan and prepare for climate change • Announced new solid waste regulations to crack down on illegal disposal and protect public health and environment • Created tanker avoidance zones in the Historic Hudson River • Completed $4.3 Million wetlands restoration project on upper Niagara River • Invested $354 Million in a resiliency project to reduce nitrogen pollution and • Improve Water Quality in LI Western Bays • Committed $10 Million to Improve Long Island Water Quality, Restore Shellfish Populations and Bolster Resiliency of Shoreline Communities • Sued EPA to Halt Proposal for Dredging Sediment Disposal Site in LI Sound • Launched I Bird NY to Connect Youth to Nature • Announced Salmon River Tug Hill Land Acquisition Celebrating New York’s Treasured Resources 33 • Completed $8.8 Million in Improvements at Jones Beach State Park • Revitalized the Great New York State Fair • Supported Critical Renovations to New York’s County Fairs • Completed Buffalo Harbor’s $15 Million Transformation • Opened New $7 Million year-round cave of the winds experience at Niagara Falls State Park • Promoted New York’s State’s craft beverages • Promoted the Taste NY Culinary Trail System • Expanded the NYS Grown & Certified Program • Launched the first-ever New York craft beverage week • Promoted New York’s food and beverage industry through Taste NY • Launched Adventure NY • Connected New Yorkers to Parks and Healthy Outdoor Recreation • Celebrated the sixth year of I Love My Park Day with record 8,000 volunteers • Added more than 1,000 acres of open space to State Parks through the Environmental Protection Fund • Opened the Hallock State Park Preserve on Long Island’s North Fork • Completed $16.9 Million revitalization of green Lakes State Park • Opened $4.3 Million Thacher Park Center • Upstate casinos generated more than $90 Million for local governments and education • Upstate resort gaming destination jobs and economic development surpassed expectations • New York state hosted one of the world’s biggest days of harness racing • Advanced 88 properties and districts to the national register of historic places Preparing Future Generations 39 • Implemented the Excelsior Scholarship • Created Cohort of Computer Science master teachers • Launched college possible coding challenge • Launched open education resources (OER) • Initiated Enhanced Tuition Award • Support for SUNY State-operated campuses • Support SUNY and CUNY capital projects • Increased community colleges aid • Funded Higher Education Opportunity Programs • Funded Part-Time Scholarship Award Program (PTS) • Implemented child welfare worker incentive scholarship and loan forgiveness programs • Provided low-cost financing for private higher education institutions • Funded highest level of aid for education • $35 Million awarded to Empire State After-School Programs • $5 Million awarded to expand Pre-Kindergarten • Recognized and supported excellent educators • Expanded community schools • Supported Public Charter schools • Expanded early college high schools • Opened New Major league baseball urban youth academy at Roberto Clemente State Park • Doubled the Number of Certified Agricultural Educators • Expanded the New York Agriculture in the Classroom Program • Supported new and beginning farmers • Provided low-cost financing for not-for-profit higher education institutions Investing in The New York Promise 46 • Reduced Unemployment • Unemployment insurance reform is paying off • Elevated New York’s trained workforce • Streamlined licensing and approvals for accelerated tech training providers • Launched groundbreaking inititative to fuel growth of life science sector • Launched Pre-Apprenticeship Program • Incentivized Youth Employment • Created jobs and grew opportunities across the State • Expanded Industrial Hemp • Saab defense and security expansion in Central New York • Launched the drone test corridor, NuAir Nasa agreement in Central New York • Broke ground on Norsk in the North Country • Hudson Valley LEGOLAND New York • Amazon expansion in New York City • Imperium3 New York to establish Lithium Ion battery giga-factory in the Southern Tier • Fostered energy economy in the Southern Tier • Paychex in the Finger Lakes Region • Strategic financial solutions LLC, contact center in WNY • Utica Danfoss packaging facility in the Mohawk Valley • Launched the second downtown revitalization initiative awards • Delivered ride sharing for Upstate New York • Initiated autonomous vehicle testing in New York State • Supported 100 new national future Farmers of America (FFA) Organization chapters across the State • Began planning to assist the Indian Point workforce • 1,200 jobs at Finger Lakes Racetrack preserved • Charities and non-profits experienced less red tape for fundraising Advancing Health and Wellness 54 • Protected access to quality, affordable health care for all New Yorkers • $2.5 Billion Clean Water Infastructure Act • Provided $1.4 Billion for the Vital Brooklyn Initiative • Established a formulary to improve health outcomes • Expanded farm-to-school efforts/statewide farm-to-school summit • Combatted addiction and addressing the opioid epidemic • Launched new Fentanyl Public Awareness Campaign • Funded ten 24/7 round-the-clock access centers to increase opportunities for people to enter treatment • Certified 500 new recovery peer advocates • Provided $10 Million to develop new medically supervised withdrawal programs throughout the State • Opened 11 new recovery community centers • Provided peer services in NYC homeless shelters • OMH and OTDA collaborated to link NYC homeless shelters with comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program • Expanded cutting-edge breast cancer screening options for women • Funded $28 million for community based organizations through Medicaid redesign • Funded $491 million in funding to strengthen health care infrastructure • Launched a statewide cancer incidence initiative • Launched the Medicaid Drug Cap • Expanded access to New York State’s Medical Marijuana Program • Achieved 39% enrollment growth in the marketplace from 2016 to 2017 • Supported primary care transformation • Modernized the health care regulatory landscape • Boosted pay for over 70,000 direct support professionals serving New Yorkers with developmental disabilities • Created 459 certified residential options and other opportunities for New Yorkers with developmental disabilities • Promoted 50% increase in individuals self-directing their services for community living and independence • Provided stable, supportive housing for people with mental Illness • Reinvested millions into community-based services across the State •