New York A 7773: Authorizes the state university of New York at Farmingdale to lease certain lands to the Farmingdale state development corporation

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Authorizes the state university of New York at Farmingdale to lease 9.26 acres of underutilized lands to the Farmingdale state development corporation for the purpose of multi-purpose facilities to support housing needs and supporting amenities.

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04/10/2025referred to higher education

04/29/2025enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7773

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. O'PHARROW -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT in relation to authorizing the state university of New York at
 Farmingdale to lease certain lands to the Farmingdale state develop-
 ment corporation

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Legislative findings. The legislature finds that the state
 2 university of New York at Farmingdale ("Farmingdale") seeks to use
 3 approximately 9.26 acres of underutilized land on Farmingdale's campus
 4 for the purpose of multi-purpose facilities to support housing needs and
 5 supporting amenities, fulfilling a necessary and vital public purpose.
 6 The legislature further finds that granting the trustees of the state
 7 university of New York ("Trustees") the authority and power to lease and
 8 otherwise contract to make available grounds and facilities of the Farm-
 9 ingdale campus will ensure such land is utilized for the benefit of
 10 Farmingdale, the surrounding community, and the general public.
 11 § 2. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the state univer-
 12 sity Trustees are authorized and empowered, without any public bidding,
 13 to lease and otherwise contract to make available to Farmingdale state
 14 development corporation, a not-for-profit corporation (the "ground
 15 lessee"), a portion of the lands of the university generally described
 16 in this act for the purpose of developing, constructing, maintaining and
 17 operating multi-purpose facilities to support housing needs and support-
 18 ing amenities. Such lease or contract shall be for a period not exceed-
 19 ing ninety-nine years without any fee simple conveyance and otherwise
 20 upon terms and conditions determined by such Trustees, subject to the
 21 approval of the director of the division of the budget, the attorney
 22 general and the state comptroller. In the event that the real property
 23 that is the subject of such lease or contract shall cease to be used for
 24 the purpose described in this act, such lease or contract shall imme-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09155-01-5

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 1 diately terminate and the real property and any improvements thereon
 2 shall revert to the state university of New York. Any lease or contract
 3 entered into pursuant to this act shall provide that the real property
 4 that is the subject of such lease or contract and any improvements ther-
 5 eon shall revert to the state university of New York on the expiration
 6 of such contract or lease. Any and all proceeds related to the leases
 7 authorized by this act shall be used for the benefit of the Farmingdale
 8 campus and the allocation of such proceeds shall be subject to approval
 9 by the Trustees.
 10 § 3. Any contract or lease entered into pursuant to this act shall be
 11 deemed to be a state contract for purposes of article 15-A of the execu-
 12 tive law, and any contractor, subcontractor, lessee or sublessee enter-
 13 ing into such contract or lease for the construction, demolition, recon-
 14 struction, excavation, rehabilitation, repair, renovation, alteration or
 15 improvement authorized pursuant to this act shall be deemed a state
 16 agency for the purposes of article 15-A of the executive law and subject
 17 to the provisions of such article.
 18 § 4