The Nassau Community College board of trustees indicated they plan to sue after the state rejected their choice for president.

The NCC board unanimously approved a measure at a special meeting Sunday authorizing the board chairman, Jorge L. Gardyn, to file a lawsuit challenging the decision — made by the State University of New York's board of trustees — to disapprove Maria Conzatti’s nomination, said Jerry Kornbluth, the college's vice president for community and governmental relations. The measure passed 8-0, with one member absent, Kornbluth said.

The resolution states the board chair is “authorized to take any and all actions including but not limited to the commencement of an action or proceeding at law contesting the failure of the Chancellor to recommend, and the Board of Trustees

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