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Thiele Decries Dilapidated State of Stony Brook Southampton Facilities

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Dorms at Stony Brook Southampton. DANA SHAW

Dorms at Stony Brook Southampton. DANA SHAW

authorStaff Writer on Feb 23, 2023

State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele Jr. recently put Stony Brook University on blast for the sorry state of the Stony Brook Southampton campus, charging that by failing to meet its stewardship commitment to the 80-acre site, the state university had become “the biggest slumlord on the East End” and was squandering an opportunity to use the campus as an economic engine for the region. Thiele joins the editors on the podcast this week to elaborate on his concerns, including about several dormitories that have been condemned and the condition of Southampton Hall, which once served as the center of campus life dating back to the days when Southampton College, a satellite of Long Island University, occupied the site.

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