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CUNY dormitory capacity and expansion plans
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Council Member Brewer questions CUNY representatives about the current state of dormitories and plans for expansion. CUNY officials provide details on current capacity and future growth projections.
- CUNY currently has 2,858 dormitory beds
- An analysis showed a need for additional dorms in Manhattan and other boroughs
- CUNY plans to add 1,172 dorm beds over the next five years
- There's a focus on creating affordable dormitory options for students
Gale A. Brewer
0:56:48
Next question is dorms.
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I think when you did that, you know, I'm not, chancellor Knowles, I'm not crazy about that thing down at, Brookdale.
0:56:57
But lost the dorms.
0:56:59
So how did you lose dorms at that point?
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Are you providing more dorms for CUNY students?
0:57:03
CUNY students need dorms.
0:57:05
Yep.
0:57:18
twenty eight twenty eight fifty what do you have?
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800.
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Eight hundred.
0:57:22
Okay.
0:57:22
fifty eight.
0:57:23
Okay.
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I did.
0:58:12
You lost some there.
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Yeah.
0:58:34
So you'll need that many in the future?
Hector Batista
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Good to see you, councilwoman.
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We have at CUNY currently, we have about 2,858 dorms.
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So we we have and then we have a
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Two and
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And we have the we did an analysis of the demand at Quni because we wanted to understand it was a question that you have raised
0:57:34
At one of the hearings.
0:57:35
And that analysis concluded that we needed some additional dorms in Manhattan and a couple of the other boroughs.
0:57:44
So we're in the process of, you know, sort of determining that and looking for sites that sort of makes sense.
0:57:52
I think one of the things that the chancellor has charged me with is trying to find dorms affordability, right?
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And trying to sort of And I'm happy to report that in one of one of the projects that we did recently in Manhattan, we were able to not only address the Brookdale Over.
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Dorms overall, which were
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A lot less than than the marketplace.
0:58:16
We also were able to create an additional hundred and twenty twenty dorms.
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Really low affordable.
0:58:22
I assume we'll be announcing something along those lines.
0:58:25
So really focused, but the total of dome growth over the next five years for CUNY is 1,172.
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Yes.