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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said the plan would be part of a series of projects including new air and rail terminals that he called “the biggest construction program in our state’s history.”

A detour past a bridge in Nevada led Jamey Stillings to his latest project, a sleek and sprawling solar energy plant, the kind that will be crucial in averting the effects of climate change.

The state is debating how best to save water that arrives between drought years and help its farmers without sacrificing the needs of its cities or the environment.

Sponge Park, at the end of Second Street in Brooklyn, is designed to clean and filter thousands of gallons of storm water before they can enter the waterway.