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Use of Mount Van Hoevenberg Sports Complex Land and Acquisition of 2,500 Acres for Adirondack Park Amendment | ||
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New York Proposal 1, officially the Use of Mount Van Hoevenberg Sports Complex Land and Acquisition of 2,500 Acres for Adirondack Park Amendment, is an legislatively referred constitutional amendment that will appear on the ballot in the U.S. state of New York on November 4, 2025, concurrent with the 2025 United States elections.
The Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex has hosted various Olympic events, and serves as a training center for winter sports. Since it was built on state forest preserve land, it violated Article 14 of the New York Constitution, which states that "lands of the state, now owned or hereafter acquired, constituting the forest preserve as now fixed by law, shall be forever kept as wild forest lands." [1] Protect the Adirondacks, an organization in support of the measure, pushed for this constitutional amendment to remedy the constitutional violation "after-the-fact." It was officially placed on the 2025 ballot after passing the New York State Legislature in a near-unanimous vote. [2]
If passed, the constitutional violation would be remedied, as well as a land swap of over 2,500 acres being placed into Adirondack Park. It would also allow the continued development of the Olympic venue on over 300 acres of land. [3] [4]