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Office of General Services outlines $1.7 billion budget proposal, Empire State decarbonization plan and EV rollout
Summary
OGS Commissioner Jeannette Moy told lawmakers the executive budget includes $1.7 billion for the agency to address deferred maintenance, accelerate construction delivery reforms and begin a multi‑phase Empire State Plaza decarbonization plan.
Jeannette Moy, commissioner of the Office of General Services (OGS), told the Legislature that Governor Hochul’s executive budget proposes $1.7 billion for OGS operations and capital delivery to address deferred maintenance, modernize state properties and implement the Empire State Plaza decarbonization plan.
What officials said - Budget and portfolio: Moy described OGS’s stewardship of a large portfolio — “we manage 32,000,000 square feet of real estate” — and said the proposed funding would allow OGS to continue modernizing systems, centralize data analytics and accelerate project delivery. “You cannot manage what you cannot measure,” Moy said as she described new dashboards for construction and procurement. - Empire State decarbonization: Moy said the governor fully funded the first phase of the Plaza decarbonization plan, which focuses on electric chillers and heat recovery design in partnership with NYPA; she said the first phase will be completed in the next five years and that phases two and three will follow as related design and campus projects (for example, the Wadsworth lab retrofit) are finalized. - EV transition and charging infrastructure: Moy said OGS has transitioned 24% of its light‑duty non‑emergency fleet to electric and reported 138 charging ports active at 34 facilities with 600 additional ports in the pipeline at 60 sites. She said telematics and other data tools will guide future purchases and charging deployments. - Construction delivery reform: Moy summarized a proposed alternative delivery mechanism (construction manager as constructor, CMAQ or CMc) in the budget that would let the state bring constructors into the design process on complex projects; she said the state would retain oversight, PLA and wage requirements and use the new tool selectively.
Why it matters: Moy framed the request as a practical response to decades of deferred maintenance across aging buildings and as part of the governor’s push to modernize delivery and meet climate goals. Lawmakers asked for timetables and details about local impact; Moy provided project examples (Jamaica Armory, Jones Beach East Bath House, Adirondack Rail Trail) and offered to provide district‑level details on request.
Ending note Moy pledged follow‑up on project timelines and on questions about vacancies, charging infrastructure and planned deliveries, and asked legislators to consider the proposed alternative delivery tools and the larger decarbonization plan as part of the capital budget discussion.
