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A view of the David Axelrod Institute building on Monday, May 21, 2018, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)
A view of the David Axelrod Institute building on Monday, May 21, 2018, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)
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A view of the David Axelrod Institute building on Monday, May 21, 2018, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)
A view of the David Axelrod Institute building on Monday, May 21, 2018, in Albany, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)
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Kyle Carson, left, and Randy Stone, right, of Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health, select blood specimens to test for antibodies to arboviruses such as tickborne Powassan virus and mosquito borne Zika virus at a lab in the David Axelrod Institute on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)
lessKyle Carson, left, and Randy Stone, right, of Wadsworth Center, NYS Department of Health, select blood specimens to test for antibodies to arboviruses such as tickborne Powassan virus and mosquito borne Zika
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University at Albany Health Sciences Campus in Rensselaer is viewed from Corning Tower on Friday, April 28, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)
University at Albany Health Sciences Campus in Rensselaer is viewed from Corning Tower on Friday, April 28, 2017, in Albany, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)
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A view of the new sign, seen here at an event at the University at Albany's East Campus on Monday, Sept. 12 2016, in East Greenbush, N.Y. The college announced that the East Campus will now be called the UAlbany Health Sciences Campus. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)
lessA view of the new sign, seen here at an event at the University at Albany's East Campus on Monday, Sept. 12 2016, in East Greenbush, N.Y. The college announced that the East Campus will now be called the
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Robert Jones, president of the University at Albany, speaks under a tent at an event at the University at Albany's East Campus on Monday, Sept. 12 2016, in East Greenbush, N.Y. The college announced that the East Campus will now be called the UAlbany Health Sciences Campus. In the background is the Cancer Research Center. (Paul Buckowski / Times Union)
lessRobert Jones, president of the University at Albany, speaks under a tent at an event at the University at Albany's East Campus on Monday, Sept. 12 2016, in East Greenbush, N.Y. The college announced that the
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Assemblymember Patricia Fahy speaks with a reporter about the Attorney General's resignation outside the Assembly Chamber at the Capitol Tuesday May 8, 2018 in Albany, NY. (John Carl D'Annibale/Times Union)
Assemblymember Patricia Fahy speaks with a reporter about the Attorney General's resignation outside the Assembly Chamber at the Capitol Tuesday May 8, 2018 in Albany, NY. (John Carl D'Annibale/Times Union)
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Assemblymember Fahy Speaks on the Assembly floor about legislation decoupling test results form teacher evaluations.
Assemblymember Fahy Speaks on the Assembly floor about legislation decoupling test results form teacher evaluations.
Assemblymember Patricia Fahy speaks as Capital Region high school students protest and rally at the State Capitol for action on stricter gun control measures on the anniversary of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in Colorado on Friday, April 20, 2018 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
lessAssemblymember Patricia Fahy speaks as Capital Region high school students protest and rally at the State Capitol for action on stricter gun control measures on the anniversary of the 1999 Columbine High School
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Rensselaer County Executive Steven McLaughlin delivers his first state of the county address to the Rensselaer County Legislature in the legislature chambers on Tuesday, March 13, 2018 in Troy, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)
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Building 5 of the Harriman Campus which houses the New York State Office of Information Technology Services on Friday Sept. 30, 2016 in Albany , N.Y. (Michael P. Farrell/Times Union)
Building 5 of the Harriman Campus which houses the New York State Office of Information Technology Services on Friday Sept. 30, 2016 in Albany , N.Y. (Michael P. Farrell/Times Union)
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McLaughlin supports Wadsworth for Rensselaer County
Troy
Count Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin among those who would like the state Department of Health to build its new $750 million Wadsworth Center in East Greenbush.
The University at Albany has been vying for the new Wadsworth campus to be built at its Health Sciences Campus in East Greenbush, where its School of Public Health and Cancer Research Center are located.
"The UAlbany site in East Greenbush is ideal," McLaughlin said. "The UAlbany campus in our county has the space, proximity and access to services needed for the new Wadsworth laboratory. Rensselaer County is excited about the opportunity to locate the outstanding, highly respected Wadsworth labs to the UAlbany campus in East Greenbush."
McLaughlin faces serious opposition from Albany Assemblywoman Patricia Fahy, who has been lobbying for several years to keep Wadsworth in Albany as part of an urban biotechnology cluster that includes Albany Medical Center and the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center.
"This is a future GlobalFoundries if done right," Fahy said recently. "The idea is to reclaim Wadsworth."
Wadsworth is the state's public health lab responsible for responding to critical outbreaks like Zika and Ebola while also doing routine medical testing like newborn screening. The center employs 800 people and recently celebrated its first Nobel prize winner, Joachim Frank, who worked at Wadsworth for 20 years before moving to Columbia University.
However, the center, which was greatly expanded under Gov. Nelson Rockefeller when he built Empire State Plaza, has seen its funding dramatically reduced and has aging equipment and infrastructure. The state wants to create a biotech acceleration program around a new Wadsworth campus that would be built with $750 million in state funding approved in the past two budgets.
The UAlbany site is also among the top three sites suggested by a new Deloitte report on site selection for Wadsworth, which currently is spread out in four different buildings in Albany County, mostly in the city of Albany.
The Deloitte report says that the new Wadsworth campus should be built in proximity to Wadsworth's David Axelrod Institute on New Scotland Avenue where Wadsworth already has labs and offices. Such a plan would require the acquisition of about 18 acres of land near the Axelrod building, which is located near Albany Med and the VA.
The Harriman State Office Campus near UAlbany's uptown campus is also cited in the Deloitte report as a top potential site, along with UAlbany's East Greenbush campus, which was once known as the East Campus before being rebranded as the Health Sciences Campus in part to make it more attractive as a landing spot for Wadsworth.
McLaughlin said that he and other county officials pledge their "full support and cooperation to make this a reality."
McLaughlin points out that UAlbany's Health Sciences Campus also includes Regeneron, the Tarrytown drug maker that has been on a hiring spree the last several years with the popularity of its vision-loss drug Eylea.
"The UAlbany site has been a great part of Rensselaer County, and the Wadsworth lab would be an outstanding addition," McLaughlin said. "Rensselaer County has a lot of momentum and recent success, and we are working to continue that forward progress."
The Department of Health says that no decisions have been made yet on where to build the new Wadsworth campus.
https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/McLaughlin-supports-Wadsworth-for-Rensselaer-12940507.php
