It’s a very real possibility, says Russell Penzer, the attorney representing the six SB Southampton students who won a lawsuit brought against the university for illegally closing the south shore campus last spring.
Judge Peter Baisley Jr. handed down a ruling on August 27 stating that Stony Brook University acted illegally when it decided to cease the majority of operations on the campus. A decision as significant as the closure of an entire campus warranted approval from the 10-member Stony Brook Council, ruled Baisley, and no such approval was ever sought.
University spokeswoman Lauren Sheprow said that the council was notified of President Stanley’s decision to “relocate a number of academic programs from Southampton to the Stony Brook campus” at a May 11 meeting of the council, but that was weeks after the announcement was made to students at Southampton.
Penzer has filed a proposed judgement to the court that calls on Stony Brook University to reopen the campus this spring. If Judge Baisley accepts Penzer’s proposal in his final judgement, Stony Brook would be forced to reopen the campus or find itself in contempt of court.
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The judge’s ruling sure does speak for itself. And Stanley should be fired for it! Stanley went so far as to break the law just to get rid of that college & its undergrads. Out of the 800 students enrolled there for this semester, only about 300 moved to the main campus. He shouldn’t be bragging about that. Every one of those 800 should sue him for monetary damages, pain & suffering. The least they should get by way of restitution is a year’s worth of their entire college cost of attendance.