S 9008Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state transportation, economic development and environmental conservation budget for the 2026-2027 state fiscal year

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This version removes six unidentified sections from the bill and substantially revises the State University of New York property lease provisions for two campus sites—Farmingdale and Southampton. The changes introduce mandatory project labor agreement requirements for all contractors and subcontractors working on projects at leased properties, consistent with Labor Law Section 222, while protecting existing SUNY employee collective bargaining rights. The revisions expand the Farmingdale campus lease parcel from 8.7 to 9.26 acres and the Southampton campus parcel from approximately 10 to 11.5 acres, replacing general property descriptions with detailed metes-and-bounds survey descriptions consisting of 21 technical courses with bearings, distances, and curve specifications. New lease terms require competitive contracting processes and indemnification provisions under which lessees must defend and hold harmless the state against claims arising from property use, and the time limit for SUNY to execute leases is preserved but renumbered from section 9 to section 14.