N.Y. Education Law § 352: State university of New York established

§ 352. State university of New York established. 1. There is hereby

created in the state education department and within the university of

the state of New York as established under the board of regents a

corporation to be known as the state university of New York which shall

be responsible for the planning, supervision and administration of

facilities and programs in accordance with the plan proposed by the

state university trustees as approved by the regents pursuant to section

two hundred thirty-seven of this chapter. The state university shall

provide for higher education supported in whole or in part with state

moneys in accordance with the provisions of section three hundred

fifty-eight hereof, and shall perform such other duties as may be

entrusted to it by the provisions of this article and any other law.

Subject to the terms of any agreement to which it is a party, such

corporation shall have the care, custody, control and management of the

lands, grounds, buildings, facilities and equipment used for the

purposes of the state-operated institutions of the state university, and

it shall have power to protect, preserve and improve the same.

2. Whenever such corporation acquires, absorbs, merges or consolidates

with or becomes the successor to any higher educational institution, all

the right, title and interest in real property held by such predecessor

institution shall vest in and be held and enjoyed by the people of the

state of New York and state university of New York shall thereupon be

deemed to be vested with and become the successor to all right, title

and interest in any personal property, or any beneficial interest

therein, or any other rights and powers possessed by such institution,

whether derived by gift, grant, devise or bequest, in trust or

otherwise.

3. The state university shall consist of the four university centers

at Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo and Stony Brook, the designated colleges

of arts and sciences at Brockport, Buffalo, Cortland, Fredonia, Geneseo,

New Paltz, Old Westbury, Oneonta, Oswego, Plattsburgh, Potsdam and

Purchase, empire state college, the agricultural and technical colleges

at Alfred, Canton, Cobleskill, Delhi, Farmingdale and Morrisville,

downstate medical center, upstate medical center, the college of

optometry, the college of environmental science and forestry, maritime

college, the college of technology at Utica/Rome, the statutory or

contract colleges at Cornell university and Alfred university, and such

additional universities, colleges and other institutions, facilities and

research centers as have been or hereafter may be acquired, established,

operated or contracted to be operated for the state by the state

university trustees.