Provides for the trustees of the state university of New York to establish a four-year college of engineering and applied sciences in the city of Yonkers within the state university system.
Summary
This bill would amend the Education Law to add a new SUNY institution: a College of Engineering and Applied Sciences in Yonkers, Westchester County. It directs the State University of New York Board of Trustees to immediately take the actions needed to create the college as a four-year, bachelor’s-degree-granting public institution within the SUNY system.
The bill specifies that the college should be affordable, accessible, and competitive, and it identifies a set of intended academic areas, including industrial/manufacturing engineering, transportation engineering and technology, computer engineering and technology, telecommunications engineering and technology, environmental engineering and technology, biomedical engineering and technology, civil engineering and technology, and the history and economics of science and technology. It also requires SUNY trustees to select the site in Yonkers, develop a master plan, and adopt any necessary standards and regulations for the new college.
Impact
If enacted, the bill would directly change the statutory list of SUNY institutions in the Education Law and authorize a new state-operated college in Yonkers. It would impose new duties on the SUNY Board of Trustees to plan, establish, and govern the college, including site selection, program development, and rulemaking. The practical effect would be to expand SUNY’s footprint in Westchester County and create a new public higher-education option focused on engineering and applied sciences.
Sentiment
The available record shows no committee transcript, vote tally, or formal opposition, so there is no documented debate to gauge broad sentiment. Based on the bill text and caption, the measure appears to be presented as a constructive higher-education expansion effort aimed at affordability, access, and workforce-oriented degree programs. Because no votes or hearing comments are provided, sentiment can only be characterized as neutral-to-supportive from the sponsor’s framing, with no recorded dissent in the materials supplied.
Contention
No specific points of contention are documented in the provided materials. Potential issues that could arise from the bill’s implementation include the cost of creating and operating a new SUNY campus, the choice of location within Yonkers, and how the new college would be funded and integrated into the existing SUNY system. Another possible area of debate would be whether the state should prioritize a new campus in Yonkers over other higher-education needs elsewhere in New York.
Same As
Provides for the trustees of the state university of New York to establish a four-year college of engineering and applied sciences in the city of Yonkers within the state university system.
Provides for the trustees of the state university of New York to establish a four-year college of engineering and applied sciences in the city of Yonkers within the state university system.
Provides for the trustees of the state university of New York to establish a four-year college of engineering and applied sciences in the city of Yonkers within the state university system.