Overview
- Unofficial results from the state Board of Elections show the measure passed by about four points with more than 99% of districts reporting.
- The amendment retroactively brings prior construction at Mount Van Hoevenberg into constitutional compliance and authorizes development on up to roughly 323 acres.
- Permitted uses are limited to Nordic skiing, biathlon trails and related facilities, with explicit bans on zip lines, hotels and swimming pools.
- The state must add about 2,500 acres elsewhere in the Adirondacks, with specific parcels and funding still to be determined by the Department of Environmental Conservation.
- Voting revealed a regional split as New York City rejected the proposal by about nine points, with Manhattan narrowly in favor.