Statement on Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams’s Preliminary Executive Budgets
Today the City University of New York (CUNY) students and staff are receiving mixed budget news from the Governor and Mayor. We welcome Governor Hochul’s commitment to public colleges and universities. We applaud her new investments in fringe benefits and CUNY operations and her return to the practice of funding…
Opposing New Budget Cuts at 9 CUNY Colleges
Dear Colleagues: As you may know, your campus was recently identified as one of nine "colleges of concern" by the CUNY administration. This means your college has been tasked with making additional cuts to its Fiscal Year 2024 budget, above and beyond those already demanded, in order to help save…
PSC Files Amicus Brief Supporting Retirees’ Right to Medicare
The PSC has filed a motion to submit a friend of the court brief in support of an injunction against an effort by the City of New York to force City retirees out of traditional Medicare into a privatized “Medicare Advantage” plan. Read the PSC’s amicus brief. …
Legislators Launch State Bills to End $321 Million Yearly Property Tax Exemptions for Columbia and NYU
At Columbia University on Tuesday, December 12, the PSC joined state lawmakers to unveil legislation which would end property tax exemptions for private universities who had over $100 million written off their tax bill in the last fiscal year. The bill would impact Columbia University, which is the largest private…
Opposing the Mayor’s Cuts to CUNY and Other City Agencies
PSC President James Davis stood with members of the City Council’s Progressive Caucus, NYS Senators Jabari Brisport and Gustavo Rivera, Assembly Members Zohran Mamdani, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, and The Peoples Plan coalition on Monday, December 11 to oppose Mayor Adams’s unnecessary mid-year cuts to CUNY, libraries, schools, parks and…
1000+ Sing Out, Shout Out for #APeoplesCUNY
More than one thousand (1000) workers, students and CUNY allies held a massive rally across from Governor Hochul’s Midtown Manhattan office dubbed the “Sing Out, Shout Out for #APeoplesCUNY.”
Adjunct Pay Dates
Adjunct Pay Dates Fall 2024 SENIOR COLLEGES Thursday, September 5 Thursday, September 19 Thursday, October 3 Thursday, October 17 Thursday, October 31 Thursday, November 14 Thursday, November 28 Thursday, December 12 MOST COMMUNITY COLLEGES* Friday, September 13 Friday, September 27 Friday, October 11 Friday, October 25 Friday, November 8 Friday,…
PSC Opposes Weakening NYC Health Insurance Protections
September 9, 2022 Dear PSC members and retirees, I am writing with an update and a request. The update concerns an impending change to the regulations governing health insurance for New York City employees, retirees, and their dependents - a change that the PSC opposes. The request is that you…
2500 CUNY students, faculty, staff: Don’t cancel Fall ’22 classes
PSC President James Davis sent the Don’t Cancel Fall 2022 Classes Petition and the following message to CUNY Chancellor Matos Rodriguez and the college presidents on August 15, 2022. The petition had over 1700 signatures when it was delivered. It now has 2500+ See the petition that was delivered today.…
Summer Update from the PSC
Dear Colleagues, We hope everyone reading this has been enjoying a productive and healthy summer–and getting a bit of well-earned rest and relaxation at some point within it! We are writing to bring you up to date on some union developments, and point your attention to some pressing issues you’ll…
