SUNY Leadership Issues Open Letter To Support Tax-Free NY
June 12, 2013
Albany — SUNY leadership and all 64 campus presidents today issued an Open Letter in support of Tax-Free NY. The signed letter is available online.
“As the leadership of SUNY's 64 campuses, we enthusiastically support Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's Tax-Free NY initiative. This innovative proposal has tremendous promise to strengthen the knowledge economy that is steadily building across our regions and state through the many partnerships between the State University and the business community.
“Our campuses are located within 30 miles of virtually every home, school, and existing business in New York State. In many areas, we are the largest employers. Our system – the largest, most comprehensive system of public higher education in the country – is guided by a strategic plan that will be pivotal to revitalizing New York's economy.
“Tax-Free NY represents an unprecedented opportunity to harness the power of SUNY research, discovery, and education to fuel new business, new job opportunities, and economic growth across our state. This initiative has the potential to redefine what it means to learn, conduct research, and do business in New York State, and our SUNY institutions embrace our vital role in realizing this impact to its fullest potential.
“We strongly support Tax-Free NY, commend Governor Cuomo for his initiative and leadership, and urge the legislature to adopt this proposal during this legislative session.”
About the State University of New York
The State University of New York, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, 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 2022, 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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