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December 31, 2016

Governor announces $100M plus for Health Sciences and Technology Innovation Park

Calling it a great day in the Southern Tier, Binghamton University President Harvey Stenger welcomed a crowd to the Firehouse Stage in Johnson City for a ceremonial beam signing for the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and a major announcement of funding for the Health Sciences and Technology Innovation Park.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo joked that he was supposed to carry the beam to the top of the pharmacy school construction site across the street, but when Akshar declined to help, the ceremony was moved inside. Cuomo then announced a $105 million investment to include retrofitting the nearby Endicott Johnson shoebox manufacturing building to become the home of the Decker School of Nursing in 2019.

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