PSC Budget Priorities
Rebuild Full-Time Faculty and Staff
- Fill all funded vacancies immediately
- Hire more full-time community college faculty to reach nationally recommended staffing ratios
- Create pathways for long-serving adjuncts to full-time roles
Free Transit for CUNY Students
- Provide OMNY cards to CUNY students, modeled on the K–12 program
Protect Grant-Funded Programs
- Bridge funding for programs losing federal research dollars
Expand Proven Student Success Programs
- Maintain and expand CUNY Reconnect
- Hire 352 academic advisors to reach a 1:100 ratio
- Expand the ACE program (senior college ASAP)
- Double annual ASAP cohort
- Hire 119 mental health counselors to reach a 1:500 ratio
CUNY enrollment is growing, but staffing and student services have not kept pace. A fully funded CUNY means more graduates, a stronger workforce, and a more affordable New York.
Timeline
- New York City Council Hearing on the Preliminary Budget for Higher Education, March 20
- CUNY For All City Budget Press Conference, March 17
Guest Glarion Opinion
The case for free fare for CUNY students
Supporting transit would be transformative for CUNY students.
