# New York S 7616: 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 New York S 7616, 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, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Monica Martinez (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-09-17 (SIGNED CHAP.413) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S7616-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: New York S 7616 - State: New York - Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session - Title: 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 - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-04-23 - Last action: 2025-09-17, SIGNED CHAP.413 - Sponsor: Monica Martinez (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: HIGHER EDUCATION, WAYS AND MEANS - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (208 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Campus construction workers get wage protections: benefit, medium. Covered construction, demolition, excavation, rebuilding, repair, renovation, and improvement work on this project counts as public work. Workers receive New York’s public-work protections, including prevailing wages enforced by the responsible fiscal officer. The housing developer must require a p… - Stony Brook employees keep job protections: benefit, medium. SUNY and its related entities cannot outsource covered teaching, administrative, or similar work on the property now done by public employees. The ban also covers future work similar in scope and nature. The law bars displacement, loss of positions, reductions in protected employment terms, and rec… - Stony Brook can add campus housing: benefit, low. SUNY can lease about 16.7217 acres, or 728,396 square feet, to Stony Brook Housing Development Corp. without public bidding. The site is for undergraduate and graduate student, faculty, and certain staff housing. The law took effect immediately; the lease must be signed within five years and last n… - Campus housing contractors face state rules: mixed, low. The housing developer must award its project contracts through a competitive process. Contracts and leases under this law count as state contracts under New York’s Article 15-A contracting rules. Contractors, subcontractors, lessees, and sublessees doing covered building, demolition, excavation, re… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Monica Martinez (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Anthony H. Palumbo (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Dean Murray (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-06-06 | House | Assembly floor vote | pass | 137 | 0 | | | 2025-06-05 | Senate | FLOOR Vote | pass | 60 | 0 | | | 2025-05-20 | committee | Higher Education Committee Vote | pass | 11 | 0 | | ## Actions (15) - 2025-09-17: SIGNED CHAP.413 (Senate) - 2025-09-17: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR (Senate) - 2025-06-06: RETURNED TO SENATE (House) - 2025-06-06: PASSED ASSEMBLY (House) - 2025-06-06: ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.461 (House) - 2025-06-06: SUBSTITUTED FOR A8070 (House) - 2025-06-05: REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS (House) - 2025-06-05: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY (Senate) - 2025-06-05: PASSED SENATE (Senate) - 2025-05-22: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING (Senate) - 2025-05-21: 2ND REPORT CAL. (Senate) - 2025-05-20: 1ST REPORT CAL.1181 (Senate) - 2025-04-28: PRINT NUMBER 7616A (Senate) - 2025-04-28: AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO HIGHER EDUCATION (Senate) - 2025-04-23: REFERRED TO HIGHER EDUCATION (Senate) ## Bill text - Amendment A, 2025-04-28: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7616A) - Original, 2025-04-23: [PDF](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7616) ## Related bills - S 10643: Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealer (signed) - S 9051: Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are considered unsafe for minors (signed) - A 5175: Requires certain security features and warning labels on baby monitors (signed) - A 11443: Relates to commercial food fish licenses (signed) - A 10343: Relates to fees and expenses in unemployment insurance proceedings; extending effectiveness (signed) - A 10052: Extends the effectiveness of the authority of the town of Red Hook to impose real estate transfer taxes and to deposit revenue from such taxes into a community… (signed) ## Sources - [Amendment A (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7616A) - [Original (PDF)](https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/S7616) ## Related - [S 10643: Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S10643-2025) - [S 9051: Prohibits artificial intelligence companions from using features which are cons…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S9051-2025) - [A 5175: Requires certain security features and warning labels on baby monitors](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A5175-2025) - [A 11443: Relates to commercial food fish licenses](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A11443-2025) - [A 10343: Relates to fees and expenses in unemployment insurance proceedings; extending e…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A10343-2025) - [A 10052: Extends the effectiveness of the authority of the town of Red Hook to impose re…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-A10052-2025) - [New York bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-york/bills) - [New York state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/new-york) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/NY-S7616-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).