The Movement Behind Mamdani: Organizers & Supporters Celebrate Stunning Victory & Repudiation of Trump
Democracy Now! spoke with supporters celebrating Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral race Tuesday night. Volunteers with the Democratic Socialists and other campaign organizers at the Brooklyn Paramount victory party described the night as “surreal” and vowed to fight back against President Trump’s agenda. Sumaya Awad, a…
Zohran Mamdani’s Next Big Battle is in Albany
Focus: Zohran Mamdani made history last night, romping to a decisive victory over former Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s mayoral election. In January, he will become New York’s first Muslim mayor, first immigrant mayor in 50 years, and youngest mayor in a century.
Mayor Mamdani
Mayor Mamdani | What’s next? A Message from PSC President James Davis Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor with a massive voter turnout and a clear mandate. Congratulations and thank you to every PSC member who participated in this historic campaign. We’ll have a true CUNY champion leading this City…
Opinion: Why Cuomo Would Be a Bad Deal for CUNY
City Limits: In January 2017, then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo stood with Bernie Sanders at CUNY’s LaGuardia Community College to announce his plan for free tuition at New York’s public colleges, under banners that read “Excelsior Scholarship.” His budget director wrote that 900,000 families would qualify for the new program. As a CUNY student and campus…
Now Is the Time to Show Our Collective Power
Common Dreams: There is no question that the contemporary system of higher education in the United States was facing several crises (commodification of education, access and affordability, faculty precarity, violations of academic freedom, the “rationality crisis”, administrative bloat, etc.—what we generally refer to as the neoliberalization and corporatization of education)…
Standing beside you: Solidarity with immigrants in the courts
AFT.org: Since May, more than 200 members from every CUNY campus have taken “court support” training and made more than 430 visits to the federal immigration courthouses. They gather every Thursday and Friday morning for this work, which is intentionally nonviolent and nonconfrontational. Their focus is on supporting families facing…
Vote Early | Who is Marc Rowan? Webinar
Early voting for the NYC General Election runs until Sunday, November 2nd, and Election Day is Tuesday, November 4th. PSC members are campaigning to elect Zohran Mamdani mayor and to support CUNY champions running for citywide office, borough president and City Council.
Mamdani Hosts Reverse Town Hall with Union Workers
The NY Carib News: Less than a day after the mayoral debate, where Zohran Mamdani answered New Yorkers' questions, he joined union workers at a "reverse town hall" where he asked the questions. Zohran Mamdani listened to the issues that New York City workers face everyday.
No Kings Labor March This Saturday, 10/18
Please, join the PSC at the No Kings Labor March and show the muscle of the NYC labor movement in the fight against right-wing repression. Sign up here to join us at the October 18th “NO KINGS” mobilization!
PSC rallies in support of fired faculty amid ‘climate of fear’
The Chief: A cowbell, a saxophone, drums and chants of solidarity rang out in Midtown Friday as dozens of students and staff of the City University of New York rallied outside CUNY’s central office on East 42nd Street in support of four adjunct faculty members who the union claims lost…
