During his annual State of the State address last week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a fiscal year 2020 executive budget that includes $150 billion for state infrastructure projects during the next five years.
The proposed infrastructure package includes funds for transportation, mass transit and park facilities as well as legislation to expand the use of design-build and other alternate project delivery methods, including construction manager at-risk and construction manager-build.
Other long-term initiatives include a $175 million workforce program that includes money for apprenticeships and a new "Green New Deal" strategy to put the state's electric, transportation and building infrastructure "on a path to carbon neutrality." A new $10 billion Green Future Fund designates $5 billion for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure while $300 million for the existing Environmental Protection Fund includes financing for waterfront revitalization and climate change resiliency projects.
