ICE Out for Good March, Fri, Jan 23rd
Thousands of New Yorkers will gather for a mass rally and march in solidarity with Minneapolis-St. Paul and their call for a national “Day of Truth and Freedom” as they face an expanding occupation and escalating ICE violence. After a short program, the march will proceed from Union Square at…
Governor Hochul’s Executive Budget
Governor Kathy Hochul released her Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2027 yesterday, January 20. PSC President James Davis released the following statement about the budget plan: "Governor Hochul’s Executive Budget holds the line on tuition, expands access to free community college, and increases CUNY’s operating budget. These welcome investments are…
The Professional Staff Congress won’t back down: An interview with PSC president James Davis and executive director Milly Silva
The Chief: In an increasingly hostile climate for unions, university workers and immigrants under the Trump administration, the leadership of the Professional Staff Congress of the City University of New York is insistent on pushing back. Since Trump came into power, union members and leadership have hit the streets to…
PSC reminds CUNY to ensure on-time pay for adjuncts
President James Davis delivered a letter this week to CUNY Chancellor Felix Matos Rodríguez, reminding him of the University's obligation to ensure on-time pay for adjuncts across the system in the lead up to the Spring semester. We recommit ourselves to fighting for CUNY adjuncts, who do the majority of…
Governor Hochul’s State of the State | Solidarity With Striking Nurses
“We’re encouraged that Governor Hochul is making public higher education a tenet of her affordability agenda by extending a tuition freeze and expanding CUNY Reconnect, the state’s program of free community college tuition for high-demand fields. We’re eager to see the details of the Executive Budget’s plan to continue increasing…
PSC Congratulates Chief Counsel Ramzi Kassem
On December 31st, 2025, PSC President James Davis released the following statement: "The PSC/CUNY is thrilled by the appointment of our member, Ramzi Kassem, to serve as Chief Counsel in the Mamdani administration. Professor Kassem’s work as the founding director of the CLEAR Center at the CUNY School of Law,…
Join the PSC Campaign to Tax the Rich | Members’ Testimony at the BoT
PSC members testified before the CUNY Board of Trustees last Tuesday, December 9th at the Board’s annual Manhattan Borough Hearing held this year at the City College of New York. Read more here.
PSC Condemns Council Ethics Committee for Failing to Censure Vernikov
On December 12, 2025, PSC President James Davis issues the following statement: “Our union is deeply disappointed by the City Council Committee on Ethics and Standards’ failure to censure Council Member Inna Vernikov for bringing a gun to a Brooklyn College protest. We share the condemnations expressed by some members…
Dust in Delany Hall: CUNY Union Fights Back
The Knight News: “QUEENS COLLEGE IS TOXIC,” read the fliers posted across campus by members of the Professional Staff Congress (PSC), a CUNY union that serves over 30,000 CUNY faculty and staff. On Monday, November 17th, members of the PSC organized a march at the flagpole behind Jefferson Hall to…
Tax the Rich Event Thursday | Health and Safety Week, Dec 8-12
Join experts and advocates, including NYSUT President Melinda Person and NYS Senator John Liu, for an online town hall about why and how corporations and the ultra rich who just got a huge federal tax cut should pay their fair share of taxes in New York State. Then get involved…
