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NY A08070
Bill
Status
Introduced
4/24/2025
Primary Sponsor
Rebecca Kassay
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AI Summary
- Authorizes SUNY trustees to lease approximately 16.7 acres of land on the Stony Brook campus to the Stony Brook Housing Development Corp. without public bidding for up to 100 years to construct housing for students, faculty, and staff
- Expected to provide up to 1,900 beds for undergraduate students, graduate students, junior faculty, and university employees, along with supporting amenities such as dining, parking, and fitness centers
- Requires all construction work to be treated as public work subject to prevailing wage requirements under Labor Law Article 8 and mandates the use of project labor agreements for all contractors and subcontractors
- Protects current state employees by prohibiting the contracting out of pedagogical, administrative, or professional services currently performed by state workers, and bars displacement or reduction of existing positions
- Lease must be executed within 5 years of the act's effective date and terminates immediately if the property ceases to be used for housing, with all improvements reverting to SUNY
Legislative Description
Directs the state university trustees, without any public bidding, to lease and otherwise contract to make a portion of the lands of SUNY Stony Brook on its campus to the Stony Brook Housing Development Corp. for the purpose of building undergraduate student, graduate student, faculty and staff housing; limits such lease to a period not exceeding 100 years.
Last Action
substituted by s7616a
6/6/2025
Committee Referrals
Rules6/4/2025
Ways and Means5/28/2025
Higher Education4/24/2025
Full Bill Text
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