For 15 years, Nassau Community College has lacked steady, lasting leadership. In that time, the college has gone through president after president, search after search, and battle after battle.

Still the toxic infighting, gamesmanship and patronage have continued, and endless calls for new leadership and a newly invigorated board of trustees went unheeded.

So here we are once more.

In the latest chapter of this saga, the State University of New York’s trustees voted unanimously on Nov. 14 to “disapprove” the nomination of Maria Conzatti as president of Nassau Community College. The state trustees haven’t ever taken such a step before for any campus. It was a necessary move, but one that has enormous implications for NCC and its future.

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