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Senate approves move of Central New York Welcome Center from Destiny USA to Auburn heritage center
Summary
On March 17, 2025, the New York State Senate passed legislation directing the Department of Economic Development to relocate the Central New York Welcome Center from Destiny USA in Syracuse to the Equal Rights Heritage Center in Auburn. The measure passed after floor debate about siting, local input and visitor traffic and was approved 57-4.
The New York State Senate on Monday approved legislation directing the Department of Economic Development to move the Central New York Welcome Center from Destiny USA in Syracuse to the Equal Rights Heritage Center in Auburn.
Senator May, the bill sponsor, said the move would restore an original plan and provide operating funds to a building that she said was built to be a welcome center but “does not have operating funding.” She argued the Auburn site, adjacent to City Hall and near the Seward House and Harriet Tubman–related historic sites, would attract more visitors to a “welcome center in the heart of a very historic region in Central New York.”
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