Statement from Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher on Governor Cuomo's Executive Budget Proposal

January 21, 2014

“Governor Cuomo's Executive Budget proposal represents a thoughtful stewardship of state funds for initiatives and reforms that address the diverse needs of nearly all New Yorkers.

“For SUNY, his proposal answers the critical maintenance needs of our infrastructure across the state, and provides the additional resources our 64-campus system will need to answer to new challenges in education, teacher preparation, research, emergency preparedness, and job training.

“With a new round of NYSUNY 2020 that includes performance-based incentives, among other measures, our colleges and universities across the state will have an opportunity to expand co-operative education and online learning, two of SUNY's most effective initiatives in terms of increasing access, completion, and success among students.

“SUNY represents the interests of more than half a million New Yorkers – 463,000 students, 90,000 employees, and 35,000 faculty – each of whom stand to benefit from the Governor's proposal, and we look forward to working with our partners in the Legislature as they finalize the budget.”

About the State University of New York
The State University of New York is the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States, and more than 95 percent of all New Yorkers live within 30 miles of any one of SUNY’s 64 colleges and universities. Across the system, SUNY has four academic health centers, five hospitals, four medical schools, two dental schools, a law school, the country’s oldest school of maritime, the state’s only college of optometry, and manages one US Department of Energy National Laboratory. In total, SUNY serves about 1.4 million students amongst its entire portfolio of credit- and non-credit-bearing courses and programs, continuing education, and community outreach programs. SUNY oversees nearly a quarter of academic research in New York. Research expenditures system-wide are nearly $1.1 billion in fiscal year 2023, including significant contributions from students and faculty. There are more than three million SUNY alumni worldwide, and one in three New Yorkers with a college degree is a SUNY alum. To learn more about how SUNY creates opportunities, visit suny.edu.

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