NEW YORK CITY-Brooklyn Navy Yard, Roosevelt Island and othercity-owned sites are all possibilities for the development of anapplied sciences research facility here, the Bloombergadministration said Thursday. The city issued a Request forExpressions of Interest from major universities and similarorganizations to partner on such a facility, which would be gearedtoward opportunities for commercialization.

“To make it happen, we are prepared to make a significantcapital contribution and possibly offer city sites,” Robert K.Steel, deputy mayor for economic development, said in preparedremarks Thursday. “It’s been done before. Cornell is located inIthaca, but it chose to establish its first-rate medical school inNew York City. NYU this year welcomed its first incoming class ofstudents to NYU Abu Dhabi. We can do it again here in NewYork.”

The announcement was made at Google’s New York City offices at111 Eighth Ave. In a release, Stuart Feldman, Google VP ofengineering, says his company supports the initiative, “which willincrease the amount of advanced scientific work being done in NewYork City, attract people into important fields, and raise therecognition of New York as a great science center.”