The 2025 Trailblazers in Higher Education
City & State: A onetime staffer in the New York City Public Advocate’s Office, Bettina Damiani is dedicated to the labor movement and to fighting for the faculty and staff at CUNY. As the legislative director of CUNY’s Professional Staff Congress, she rallied members to help in the fight against…
Trump Cancels Federal Research Grants. What Are the Consequences?
NEA: Earlier this month, the National Science Foundation (NSF) suddenly terminated Hardin’s three-year, $231,554 grant, about two-thirds of the way through her team’s work. Their task? Investigating the lack of licensed computer-science teachers in U.S., especially women and educators of color. Today, Hardin and her team know the solutions—but their…
Discussion on Single Payer Health Insurance
Friday, May 23, 12:30 PM | In-Person and Live Streamed: State Senator Gustavo Rivera, lead sponsor of the NY Health Act, will be our guest speaker at an in-person discussion about proposed legislation to provide single payer health insurance in New York State this Friday, May 23rd at 12:30 PM…
‘Bridge the gap’: After federal grant freeze, CUNY union seeks city funding lifeline to continue research
AMNY: The union representing 30,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York (CUNY) is calling on the City Council to step in and “bridge the funding gap” on research at the university after the Trump administration froze all National Science Foundation grants and imposed strict limits on…
State Budget Results | PSC Member Stories HEO Edition
Full-timers working at the state-funded CUNY senior colleges are due to receive the $3000 ratification bonus this Thursday, May 15. Contact the HR office on your campus if you do not receive your bonus. Full-timers at the city funded community colleges will receive their $3000 bonuses on Friday, May 23.…
Testimony from the CUNY Board of Trustees Hearing – May 12, 2025
The CUNY Board of Trustees held its Queens borough hearing at LaGuardia Community College on Monday, May 12, 2025. PSC members provided in-person and written testimony.
The Mayor’s Restoration of CUNY Funding | NYSUT Resolves to Defend Higher Ed
On Thursday, May 1 Mayor Eric Adams announced that all funding for CUNY that was cut by his administration over the past four years would be restored. CUNY’s community colleges, funded largely by the city, have lost nearly 500 full-time positions since Adams took office. The restoration amounts to $96…
Health care pricing must be fair in N.Y.
NY Daily News: The threat of hundreds of millions of dollars of funding cuts to vital health care and medical research programs are a clear and present danger to our health system and the millions of New Yorkers who count on it to keep themselves and their loved ones safe.
City academic unions condemn Trump’s attacks on universities
The Chief: Union leaders gathered outside of City Hall last week to condemn the Trump administration’s attacks on higher education as it withholds federal funds earmarked for university coffers, rescinds research grants and deports students. Leadership of the Professional Staff Congress-CUNY, United Auto Workers Region 9A and Local 1104 of…
Statement on Mayor Adams’ Restoration of CUNY Funding
After Four Years of Struggle CUNY Funding is Restored Mayor Eric Adams announced today the full restoration of funding cut by his administration from the City University of New York over the past four years. It amounts to $96 million in operating money plus $30 million for ASAP, ACE and…
