Authorizes the trustees of the state university of New York to lease and contract to make available certain land on the SUNY Stony Brook campus

Latest action May 11, 2026

Authorizes the trustees of the state university of New York to lease and contract to make available certain land on the SUNY Stony Brook campus.

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Where it stands

Assigned to a committee for review.

Introduced
In committee
Up for a vote
Passed one chamber
Passed
Enacted

New York State Senate

Same as A11317, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Committee

Higher Education · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Higher Education · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

Section 1- Legislative findings. Section 2- Would authorize the SUNY Board of Trustees to lease a portion of lands on the Stony Brook Southampton Campus to the Stony Brook South- ampton Housing Development Corp. Section 3- Provides that any contract or lease entered into shall be deemed a state contract, Section 4- Provides that all work performed under this act shall be deemed public work subject to the provision of article 8 of the labor law. Section 5- Provides that SUNY shall not contract out to the ground lessee any pedagogical functions or services, administrative services, and similar professional services otherwise currently being performed by state employees. Section 6- Provides provisions relating to employees in the unclassified service. Sections 7, 8, and 9- Provides project and labor provisions, including that such project shall be subject to a project labor agreement. Sections 10, 11, and 12- Provides various provisions to effectuate the contracting of the lease. Section 13- Provides the metes and bounds. Section 14- Provides that SUNY shall not lease such lands unless a ground lease shall be executed within 5 years of the effective date. Section 15- Provides that where inconsistent, the terms of this act shall be controlling. Section 16- Sets forth an immediate effective date.

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The sponsor's argument

Why Monica Martinez says this is needed

The Stony Brook Southampton Campus is located in Shinnecock Hills in the Town of Southampton on the East End of Long Island. The campus is home to various programs including the University's School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, School of Health Professions, School of Social Work, and Southampton Arts. Additionally, Stony Brook Southampton Hospi- tal is one of Stony Brook Medicine's four hospitals and it is located several miles east, in Southampton Village. Legislation passed in 2018 provided for the development of a new Stony Brook Southampton Hospital on the Stony Brook Southampton Campus. To support a hospital moving further west, in 2025, Stony Brook Southampton Hospital and the South- ampton Hospital Association opened a standalone emergency department in East Hampton. The East End of Long Island has a limited housing supply, particularly for the healthcare workforce. Stony Brook University is seeking to build workforce housing to help recruit and retain staff at the current and future Southampton Hospital, East Hampton ED, and various clinical facilities across the South Fork. Similar legislation was enacted in 2025 to support housing on Stony Brook's main campus for student and workforce housing (Ch. 413, L. 2025). This bill would allow SLTNY to enter into a lease with the Stony Brook Southampton Housing Development Corp, a not for profit corporation majority controlled by members of the community, to develop housing to support the Stony Brook workforce. The proposed acreage is the same location that over a dozen condemned buildings are being torn down with the goal of revitalizing the campus with new housing. The surrounding community has been engaged in the University's desire for housing for nearly two years through the Stony Brook Southampton Advisory Committee, a group composed of University leaders, government and elected offi- cials, non profits, labor, and members of the community.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.

Full history

May 11, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
NY Assembly
May 8, 2026
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
NY Senate

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