NYC and New York State unveiled a plan Thursday for a new 1.6B, CUNY-centric Science Park and Research Campus, to be known as SPARC, that will expand and redevelop an entire city block at Hunter College's Brookdale Campus in the Kips Bay area of Brooklyn.

"This can be transformative. It can give people the chance to get a good job, a good education and the opportunity to have different healthcare outcomes," Gov. Kathy Hochul said, in an announcement of the project.

The new campus will be built on a 5-acre site near First Ave. and 25th St. will be anchored by new facilities for over 4,500 students from the Hunter School of Nursing and School of Health Professions, the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy and other health care programs.

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