Commission on Higher Education report includes recommendations relevant to incubation

The extensive final report of the New York State Commission on Higher Education includes at least two recommendations specifically relevant to business-incubation programs at campuses of the State University of New York and the City University of New York:

• Amend state law to permit SUNY to lease and transfer property to entities other than the SUNY Construction Fund and the New York State Dormitory Authority. As is already the case at CUNY, this would allow SUNY campuses to lease SUNY-owned property to non-profits or other intermediaries that can be more rapidly responsive the needs of commercial research partners and incubator tenants.
• Recognize a capital-budget "tier" for economic-development projects that may be co-funded by state economic-development programs, a capital-matching program, or public-private partnerships. Business incubators on SUNY and CUNY campuses would fall into this category.

The full report is available at the link in the first paragraph. A list of our member incubators including those associated with campuses of SUNY, CUNY and the state's independent colleges is available at the Our Members tab above or by clicking here. Some SUNY-affiliated incubators are on SUNY-owned land, while others are projects of the respective campus's philanthropic foundation.