Elected Leaders Join Hundreds of PSC CUNY Members & Students Rallying for Investment in CUNY
(New York, NY) Hundreds of faculty and staff represented by the Professional Staff Congress, students and CUNY allies joined forces with City Comptroller Brad Lander, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, Assembly Member Karines Reyes and members of the New York City Council and New York State Assembly today on…
State Budget is A Step Closer to a New Deal for CUNY
By rejecting tuition hikes for in-state undergraduates, increasing the operating budget allocation by more than $100 million, including more than a billion dollars in new capital funding and explicitly committing to funding increases for CUNY for two years, the state has made a long-awaited reinvestment in our great public university.…
City Budget Rally
PSC members, students and CUNY allies will rally outside City Hall before the stated meeting of the City Council on Thursday, May 11. By that date, the state budget should be resolved, the Mayor’s Executive Budget will be public and negotiations between the council and the mayor will be ongoing.…
Statement on the NYC Council Budget Response
PSC President James Davis released the following statement regarding the NYC Council's response to the Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2024 Preliminary Budget: "We thank the Speaker and the Council for standing strong for CUNY and other institutions on which New Yorkers depend. CUNY enables students to transform themselves economically and…
Statement on Mayor Adams’ Decision to Sign New Aetna Medicare Advantage Contract
“Mayor Adams missed an opportunity to honor the City's most essential promise to retirees when he signed the Medicare Advantage contract between the City and Aetna. He had the option to continue traditional Medicare with high quality, premium-free Medicare supplemental insurance (Senior Care), while still saving the City more than…
PSC Statement on CUNY Funding in the NYS Senate & Assembly One House Resolutions for FY 2024
“We commend the Senate and Assembly for endorsing substantial increases in operational funding and capital investment for CUNY in their one-house budgets. The Legislature’s commitment to revitalizing public higher education is crucial right now. Facing an increasingly uncertain economic future, low-income and working New Yorkers, immigrant communities, and communities of…
Statement of Solidarity with Florida’s Public Higher Education Workers
The PSC stands in solidarity with the members of the United Faculty of Florida (NEA/AFT) and other unions at Florida’s public universities, colleges, and community colleges. Over the past two years, Florida elected officials have attacked the independence and integrity of the state’s public higher education institutions. Violating established academic…
Statement on Governor Hochul’s Executive Budget
"Last year, Governor Kathy Hochul made a five-year, $1.5 billion commitment to restoring CUNY and SUNY and set an ambitious goal to increase New York's college graduation rate because she knows the power of public higher education to transform lives and strengthen the economy. The planned FY2024 CUNY increases of…
Statement on Governor Hochul’s State of the State
We are heartened to see Gov. Hochul commit to continuing implementation of her vision for the transformation of our state’s higher education system in her State of the State policy book. After years of public disinvestment, she committed last year to increase CUNY and SUNY funding by $1.5 billion over…
