[padrack]

What is wrong with NYU or Columbia? Can they not attract top CS talent?

[blackguardx]

It isn't all about CS.

[kaa2102]

The prospects for NYC as an entrepreneurial tech hub are looking better. I think Stanford and Cornell just want a piece of the action.

[nitashatiku]

Yeah, it's cheap city-owned land and a chance to get in on NYC's bid to become the innovation capital of the East Coast.

[cienrak]

Right but why not use the local schools who have better resources and roots here?

[cstefanovici]

I hope NYU-Poly wins the bid but the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship is not quite there yet like it is in places like Stanford. (even though that's in the school's marketing efforts)

[scott_s]

I agree with you, but the reason stated in the article by an anonymous source is reputation.

[hristov]

They already have their engineering schools in much better Manhattan locations, so I doubt they will be willing to invest hundreds of millions (or perhaps billions) to build a new campus on Roosevelt island.