Opinion: CUNY Needs Funding, Not Cuts
The mayor needs to look somewhere else to cut funding. Successful higher education programs should not be on the chopping block. As a career specialist working in CUNY’s Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) for the last 16 years, I am appalled almost every year when we have to come…
A Public Power victory in New York State
On May 2, New York became the first U.S. state to pass a major Green New Deal policy following four years of organizing by the Public Power NY coalition and allies. The Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA), now New York State law, empowers and directs the state’s public power provider—the…
Monday Contract Actions | Open Forum on Racism and Anti-racism at CUNY
Picketing and Leafleting Action 100 Wall Street – 9 AM, Monday, June 5 It’s been three months since our contract expired, and CUNY management has yet to respond to our repeated calls to begin negotiations. It’s inexcusable and disrespectful to all PSC members. Monday, June 5, we’re taking our…
Union sues CUNY over pension record failures
The Professional Staff Congress, which represents 30,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York, has sued the public-university system over what the union claims is CUNY’s “repeated failure to deduct and submit employee pension contributions” in a timely manner. CUNY is, by law, required to deduct its…
How to Save a Community College
The City University of New York has long exemplified the teeming possibilities of higher education. Now its devotees are fighting for its survival.
Pensions Lawsuit | Remote Work Agreement | Research Foundation Strike Authorization
Remote Work Agreement Extended Through Next June A message went out Monday informing HEOs, CLTs, faculty librarians, and others that the PSC has secured an agreement with CUNY to extend the remote work agreement through June 30th, 2024. The agreement provides a framework for agreements between workers and supervisors…
CUNY must fix its pension mess: City University is being sued by its faculty for not correctly paying into the retirement system
I’m one of the hundreds of faculty and staff at CUNY who’ve learned in recent months that the CUNY administration failed to properly deduct and submit our pension contributions, shorting union members like me tens of thousands of dollars in retirement savings and putting our ability to retire at risk.…
Support for Adjuncts | 100s Rally for City Investment in CUNY
Adjunct Letters of Appointment and Non-Reappointment The deadline by which CUNY adjuncts were required to receive a letter of reappointment or non-reappointment was Monday, May 15. If you are an adjunct who has not received a letter, please notify the union. If you have been notified that you have…
CUNY advocates decry budget cuts, push for investment
Faculty, students and elected officials are urging the mayor and the City Council to reverse proposed budget cuts to the City University of New York and instead pump more money into the public university system. Mayor Eric Adams’ budget proposal calls for $41.3 million in annual cuts between fiscal years…
The CUNY Budget Saga Continues: State Increasing Funding While City Funding and Enrollment Decreases
In early February, CUNY issued a memo to the Presidents and Department Heads of all its 25 colleges, ordering each college to issue a hiring freeze and develop a ‘Savings Plan’ that includes a 5-6% cut for programs and activities. Since then, the state has passed its new budget plan…
