Farmingdale State College (2)

In order to lease State-owned land for private-sector use, FSC had to work with state government to introduce and enact land lease authorization legislation. Working with FSC, ASA put together a comprehensive campaign to advocate with FSC’s local elected officials, the FSC student senate, the higher education committee chairs in each legislative house, relevant legislative staff, and SUNY to draft the complicated legislation needed to lease State land. Finally, ASA assisted FSC’s negotiations with unions, including the Long Island Labor Federation and NYSUT, to ensure that union jobs would not be disrupted through the project. The bill authorizing the land lease was passed and signed into law in 2022.