Stony Brook hiring freeze aims to stem budget gap, officials say - Candice Ferrette and Scott Eidler, Newsday

Stony Brook University will impose an indefinite hiring freeze effective immediately to address an ongoing structural budget deficit, officials announced Thursday morning. The plan will impact nearly all positions at Long Island’s largest public research university that are funded by the state budget. The decision comes after several other austerity measures did not produce the needed savings, officials said. https://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/story-brook-hiring-freeze-1.17012835