State To Invest $12M Into Veterinary College At LIU Post

New York State will invest $12 million to help build the College of Veterinary Medicine at LIU Post in Brookville as part of the state's $72 million investment to support three transformative, economic developments on Long Island, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Monday.

The funds will go towards a $40 million project to create a College of Veterinary Medicine at Long Island University to help fill a void in that academic area.

There are only 30 schools of veterinary medicine in the United States and just three in the northeast. None of these veterinary colleges are located in the New York metropolitan area.

The college will be established in 2018 and classes will begin in September 2019.

The College of Veterinary Medicine will enroll 100 students into the four-year doctoral program each year and the university has committed to add at least 100 staff positions.

"Investing in the nation's newest veterinary college and the first in the New York metropolitan area is a transformative event for Long Island University, for the region, and for animal health, which will create great New York jobs and research opportunities," Long Island University President Kimberly Cline said in a press release. "We are grateful to all of our partners in government, the animal health community, and business community, for their support."

Additionally, the state reallocated $30 million each for the Neuroscience Research Complex at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the Center for Bioelectronic Medicine at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research in Manhasset.

"These investments will further strengthen Long Island's key economic assets and pave the way for its future prosperity," Cuomo said in a press release. "This funding will help enhance research capabilities, foster the creation of new jobs, and help build a stronger and more prosperous Long Island for decades to come."

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