NEW YORK CITY-Relying heavily on public-private partnerships, New York governor Andrew Cuomo detailed plans for both old and new convention space in New York City at his 2012 State of the State address Wednesday.

Cuomo said that in order to “spur job creation in a down economy while limiting spending and maintaining fiscal discipline,” it was necessary to forge “public-private partnerships that leverage state resources to generate billions of dollars in economic growth and create thousands of jobs.”

One key part of his plan involves tearing down the Javits Center on the far west side of Manhattan and redeveloping the spot. Cuomo’s master plan for the site calls for 18 acres of planned development, modeled after Battery Park City. To create this new “21st century neighborhood” on the West Side, more than $2 billion in private sector development funds would be used.

With the Javits Center gone, New York City’s largest convention center would move to the Aqueduct Race Track venue in Jamaica, Queens. Cuomo called for the construction of a 3.8 million-square-foot convention center there—the nation’s largest. The project, which Cuomo said would generate “tens of thousands of jobs,” would be funded with a $4 billion private investment. It would expand the site’s existing casino space develop hotel space, in addition to the convention center itself.