CITY BUDGET

City Budget Passes. While the full impact has yet to be determined, the final budget agreed to by the Mayor and the City Council is disappointing.  The lobbying in support of CUNY by PSC activists, students and CUNY administration did, however, achieve substantial restorations from the mayor's proposed cuts.  The Council restored $24.4 million to the community college operating budget and provided $10.6 million for student services and programs, including the Black Male Initiative, Veterans Resource Center, the Creative Arts Team and other centers.  However, only $ 6.75 million of this amount was set aside for Vallone Scholarships, much less than the $11 million provided in recent years, and the budget included no funds to rebuild BMCC's Fiterman Hall.
 

ARCHIVED MATERIAL:  All of the material below is archived material from the PSC city budget campaign from January to July, 2008.

Support CUNY! Stop the Budget Cuts!  

SEND A FAX PROTESTING CUTS. Mayor Bloomberg has proposed $65 million in cuts to CUNY’s budget. We must act now to make sure those cuts are restored by the City Council and new funds added to meet critical needs at every CUNY campus. Click here to send faxes to the Council Speaker and the Mayor.

City Council Members Join PSC Budget Effort to Stop CUNY Cuts. Fourteen City Council Members joined more than 150 City University of New York (CUNY) faculty, staff and students at a City Hall press conference on May 7th calling on the Mayor and the City Council to restore budget cuts to CUNY. The PSC also delivered 25,000 postcards signed by CUNY students, faculty and staff demanding budget  restorations. Details.

The Postcard: 

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