Students to rally for Southampton campus reopening
A group of students say they plan to rally Wednesday to advocate for the reopening of Stony Brook University’s Southampton campus, according to a Facebook page announcing the event.
Most of the Southampton campus was closed in the spring after the university said it continued to lose money.
But in August, State Supreme Court Justice Paul J. Baisley Jr. ruled that the school failed to follow state education law in moving forward with the closure without approval from the 10-member Stony Brook Council, as required for any "major plan."
On Sept. 17, Baisley signed legal papers affirming that ruling, though the judge did not set a deadline for reopening the campus.
According to a Newsday story, “The judgment read that Stony Brook is ‘enjoined from proceeding with the plan to close the Southampton campus . . . until such time as they comply with the mandates of state Education Law.’"
Organizers of the event, “Rally for the Reopening of Stony Brook Southampton!!!!,” say they want to rally before the Stony Brook Council meets on Oct. 4, at which point it could move to comply with the law and close the campus for good.
As of 1:20 p.m., the Facebook event page counted 128 people planning to attend the rally, which is scheduled to be held from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. in front of the university’s administration building.
“We have to make our point before this meeting! We still want Southampton open!” the Facebook page says.
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