Authorizes the lease of certain lands of state university of New York at Stony Brook for the purpose of building undergraduate student, graduate student…

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Authorizes the lease of certain lands of state university of New York at Stony Brook for the purpose of building undergraduate student, graduate student, faculty and staff housing

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Latest action Sep 17, 2025

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.

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Where it stands

Signed into law.

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

New York State Senate

Same as A8070, the matching bill in the Assembly.

Committee

Higher Education · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Higher Education · New York State Senate, Ways and Means · New York State Assembly.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

Section 1. Legislative findings. Section 2. Authorizes the SUNY Trustees, without public bidding, to lease and otherwise contract with the Stony Brook Housing Development Corp. Section 3. Provides that any contract or lease entered pursuant to this act shall be deemed a state contract for purposes of Article 15-A of the Executive Law. Section 4. Provides that all work performed on a project authorized by this act shall be deemed public work. Sections 5, 7, 9-11, 14. Provides provisions relating to the ground lease. Sections 6 & 8. Provides that the Stony Brook Housing Development Corp. shall require a project labor agreement for all contractors and subcon- tractors on the project. Section 12. Provides the metes and bounds on the grounds of the Stony Brook campus totaling roughly 17 acres. Section 13. Provides that any ground lease shall be executed within 5 years of the effective date of this act. Section 15. Sets forth an immediate effective date.

Filed with the bill. Read it on nysenate.gov (opens in a new tab)

Recorded votes

Vote: Floor vote
NY SenateJun 5, 2025Result: passed
(60) (0) (0) (3)
Vote: Committee vote · Higher Education
Senate Higher EducationMay 20, 2025Result: passed
(11) (0) (0) (0)

Cosponsors

Anthony H. Palumbo and Dean Murray

Republican2

See the full list on nysenate.gov

The sponsor's argument

Why Monica Martinez says this is needed

Stony Brook University's main campus is located in Stony Brook, New York, and consists of an academic campus, which includes the Research & Development Park ("West Campus"), and two hospitals (Stony Brook Univer- sity Hospital, Stony Brook Children's Hospital), the MART Cancer Center, and the Long Island State Veterans Home ("East Campus") (collectively, "Stony Brook Campus"). Across the Stony Brook Campus, the University employs over 15,000 people and educates roughly 26,000 undergraduate and graduate students. As one of the State's Flagship University's and one of the three SUNY Hospitals, Stony Brook's student enrollment is scheduled to grow signif- icantly over the next few years. As the University's enrollment grows, so too does the need to increase the number of faculty and staff to support academic and research programs. Unfortunately, due to a lack of student and workforce housing in the area, there is no way to grow with- out a robust increase in housing options. A lack of housing opportu- nities has made recruiting students and faculty and retaining the same increasingly difficult. The University has developed a plan to lease approximately 17 acres of underdeveloped land on its West Campus adjacent to the Stony Brook LIRR station to build multi-purpose facilities to support housing for under- graduate and graduate students, as well as faculty, staff and medical residents ("Stony Brook Project"). The Stony Brook Project would provide up to 1,900 beds, all of which would be exclusively for members of the Stony Brook University community. The University is establishing the Stony Brook Housing Development Corp. ("SBHDC") to be the ground lessee, who would ultimately sublease the project to a developer through an RFP process. The legislation would also require a project labor agreement for all construction undertaken to support the Stony Brook Project. By enabling SUNY to lease the land on its property to the SBHDC, it would provide a substantial increase in housing opportunities to expand its enrollment and provide affordable workforce housing options for its staff.

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

Sep 17, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
NY Senate
Sep 17, 2025
Signed
SIGNED CHAP.413
NY Senate
Jun 6, 2025
Ordered to Third Reading Rules CAL.461
ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.461
NY Assembly
Jun 6, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED ASSEMBLY
NY Assembly
Jun 6, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED
NY Assembly

Show full history (12 earlier events)

Jun 6, 2025
Substituted
SUBSTITUTED FOR A8070
NY Assembly
Jun 5, 2025
Sent to the executive
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
NY Senate
Jun 5, 2025
Passed a chamber
PASSED SENATE
NY Senate
Jun 5, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly
Jun 4, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
NY Assembly
May 28, 2025
Reported out of committee
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
NY Assembly
May 22, 2025
Advanced to Third Reading
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
NY Senate
May 21, 2025
2ND Report CAL.
2ND REPORT CAL.
NY Senate
May 20, 2025
1ST Report CAL.1181
1ST REPORT CAL.1181
NY Senate
Apr 28, 2025
Amend (t) and Recommit to Higher Education
AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
NY Senate
Apr 24, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
NY Assembly
Apr 23, 2025
Referred to committee
REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION
NY Senate

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