NY 25 is a proposal for an aggressive, macro-level financial policy package, which is keyed to achieving measurable goals by 2025. These goals will keep SUNY accessible , promote the health of all New Yorkers, create a sustainable future for SUNY, increase faculty diversity, and establish long-term, reliable resources for public higher education. Our students deserve a system that is looking to the future, and we are willing to fight and work for it. Click the links below for details about NY25.
Show the way to the carbon-free future by achieving a carbon-neutral SUNY by 2025. To make this possible, $25 million per year should be directed to retrofitting SUNY buildings. A cap and trade system will allow campuses who reach carbon-neutrality to trade their excess carbon credits to other campuses for a funding bonus.
Establish a pilot program of microgrids and battery storage at five campuses next year. Through the creation of energy microgrids and a partnership with “Green Machine” technology, SUNY campuses and the communities they are located in can transform the way we create and use energy at SUNY campuses, resulting in savings for taxpayers and the University
Make SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry the lead institution nationally for dealing with our climate crisis
Direct $5 million for a grant program to expand existing certificate, associate, and baccalaureate sustainability programs across SUNY. Increase funding $5 million per year with a goal of $25 million by 2025.
Ensure that at least 25% of faculty and staff positions in SUNY are filled by individuals who are African American, Native American and Latinx by 2025.
SUNY Endowment- Establish a SUNY endowment to support the above programs with a goal of $25 billion in the endowment by 2025 with a public to private match requirement, with the private share never exceeding 25%.
Public Medical Higher Education Fund- Direct a portion of the taxes collected from the sale of marijuana to SUNY’s three public teaching hospitals for the Public Medical Higher Education Fund.
SUNY Foundation Tax- Tax SUNY’s campus foundations to ensure that they are fulfilling their purpose of supporting SUNY campuses rather than depleting their limited resources.
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