STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - State lawmakers secured $10 million for a major computer project for the College of Staten Island (CSI) in this year's $138 billion state budget. <\/p>\n
Also included is the promised $14 million for Verrazano-Narrows Bridge toll relief for Island motorists, among other allocations. <\/p>\n
State Sen. Andrew Lanza (R-Staten Island) and Assemblyman Michael Cusick (D-Mid-Island) announced that the $10 million would go toward CSI's Interdisciplinary High Performance Computer Center, a state-of-the-art research and learning facility to be built on the Willowbrook campus, which is already home to the college's super computer. <\/p>\n
\"This will make CSI an even bigger attraction,\" said Lanza. <\/p>\n
Said Cusick, \"This shows that CSI is the jewel we've always known it to be.\" <\/p>\n
CSI President Dr. William Fritz said that the $10 million should bring the facility through the design phase and to the beginning of the bidding process. <\/p>\n
\"This will transform our campus,\" said Fritz, who added that the center will also include lecture halls, classrooms and offices and research space for faculty. <\/p>\n
It is the first new academic space to be built at the campus since CSI moved to Willowbrook in 1994. <\/p>\n
\"That is significant,\" said Fritz. <\/p>\n
Lawmakers said that the total pricetag for the facility would be around $50 million. <\/p>\n
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