Harriman Campus PILOT more likely with lab headed to site

ALBANY - The new $750 million Wadsworth Center headed for the Harriman State Office Campus uptown could be the edge Albany needs to finally get $12.5 million in permanent state funding.State lawmakers say the multi-million-dollar lab headed to the tax-exempt state campus makes Albany's request for a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreement for the site stronger, as the campus has been touted by a state-ordered report as an opportunity for taxable commercial property.