Statement from SUNY Chairman H. Carl McCall on 2014-2015 New York State Budget
March 29, 2014
This agreement continues the last three years of responsible budgeting that has put New York State back on strong fiscal footing, as has been noted by all three credit rating agencies who awarded New York positive ratings last year.
I am pleased that the recommendations given by Governor Cuomo's bipartisan Tax Relief Commission, which I chaired with former Governor Pataki, have been realized and will deliver much-needed relief to struggling homeowners and business.
Additionally, the agreement launches another round of NYSUNY 2020, which is an important long-term economic development strategy that further enriches our world-class higher education system-attracting the best in business and technology.
This budget agreement provides real relief to New York taxpayers, both businesses and homeowners alike, while investing in a better future for the people of our state.
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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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