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New YorkS 76162025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

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

Sponsored By: Monica Martinez (Democratic)

Became Law

HIGHER EDUCATIONWAYS AND MEANS

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.

No outsourcing of SUNY jobs

SUNY cannot contract out instruction, similar academic work, or administrative services now done by state employees to the lessee or its subsidiaries. These duties stay with state employees. The law bars layoffs or cuts to hours, pay, or benefits tied to this project. Existing service contracts and collective bargaining rights stay in place. Positions cannot be reclassified because of this law. SUNY and its affiliates cannot privatize future work now performed by public employees.

Stony Brook campus housing lease

SUNY may lease about 16.7217 acres at Stony Brook, without public bidding, to build student, faculty, and staff housing. Leases can run up to 100 years, are not a sale, and need approval by the Budget Director, Attorney General, and Comptroller. The lease must be signed within five years of the law taking effect. If the land stops being used for housing, the lease ends and the land and buildings go back to SUNY. The lease can let the developer borrow and use tools like leasehold mortgages and assignments of rents. Every lease must include an indemnity clause so the lessee defends and holds SUNY harmless for claims from use of the property.

Union deal, prevailing wages, open bids

All construction and related work on this project counts as public work. Contractors must pay the prevailing wage, and a fiscal officer enforces it. The lessee must require a project labor agreement for all contractors and subcontractors. Contracts and leases under this project count as state contracts under Article 15-A, so firms must follow those rules. The ground lessee must award project contracts through a competitive process.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Monica Martinez

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Anthony H. Palumbo

    Republican • Senate

  • Dean Murray

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 71 • No: 0

Senate vote • 6/5/2025

FLOOR Vote

Yes: 60 • No: 0

committee vote • 5/20/2025

Higher Education Committee Vote

Yes: 11 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. SIGNED CHAP.413

    9/17/2025Senate

  2. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

    9/17/2025Senate

  3. RETURNED TO SENATE

    6/6/2025House

  4. PASSED ASSEMBLY

    6/6/2025House

  5. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.461

    6/6/2025House

  6. SUBSTITUTED FOR A8070

    6/6/2025House

  7. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    6/5/2025House

  8. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    6/5/2025Senate

  9. PASSED SENATE

    6/5/2025Senate

  10. ADVANCED TO THIRD READING

    5/22/2025Senate

  11. 2ND REPORT CAL.

    5/21/2025Senate

  12. 1ST REPORT CAL.1181

    5/20/2025Senate

  13. PRINT NUMBER 7616A

    4/28/2025Senate

  14. AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    4/28/2025Senate

  15. REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION

    4/23/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • Amendment A

    4/28/2025

    PDF

  • Original

    4/23/2025

    PDF

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