PSC Demands CUNY Response to Detention of Mahmoud Khalil
On Tuesday, March 11th, PSC President James Davis sent a letter to CUNY Chancellor Felix Matos Rodríguez calling for swift and decisive action in response to federal agents' arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a green card-holding permanent resident who had participated in protests against the war in Gaza while…
Your Rights – CUNY Portal for Discrimination and Retaliation Complaints
The PSC is alarmed at the number of reports of members who are being called into meetings with their college’s Chief Diversity Officer because complaints against them have been filed through the CUNY-wide Discrimination and Retaliation Reporting Portal. This message explains the rights of those against whom a complaint…
A higher education union’s response to Trump’s attacks
Workers World: Higher education — colleges and post-secondary education — has been a target of right-wing, reactionary attacks for decades, but the Musk-Trump-MAGA grouping has brought a new, vicious intensity to this campaign. The Department of Education has threatened schools with losing all federal funding if they have policies supporting…
Urging Albany to Fund CUNY | Protecting Academic Freedom
President James Davis called for a $198 million increase in state funding for CUNY over and above the Governor’s executive budget for Fiscal Year 2026 as he testified last Tuesday at a joint legislative budget hearing about funding for higher education. Click here for the PSC’s budget platform, which represents…
CUNY Faculty and Staff Win the Fight for a New Contract
The Knight News: After two years without a contract, the Professional Staff Congress CUNY (PSC-CUNY) was able to ratify a new contract on Jan. 14th with a 90% majority vote. The PSC is a coalition representing CUNY staff and faculty through advocacy for improved working conditions. The ratification of the…
PSC Opposes the Governor’s Violation of Academic Freedom at Hunter College
President James Davis registered the PSC’s strong objection to Governor Hochul’s removal of a job posting for a Palestinian Studies faculty position at Hunter College in a February 26th letter to the Governor and the Chancellor. Calling out the violation of academic freedom, Davis wrote that it is “an overreach…
Gov. Hochul facing pushback over removal of Palestinian Studies professor job listing at CUNY
NY Daily News: The faculty union at the City University of New York is objecting to Gov. Hochul’s order to interrupt the hiring process for a Palestinian Studies professor, saying the move is an overreach of the governor into academic affairs. The planned hiring of the professor at CUNY’s Hunter College on the…
Under Pressure, CUNY Removes Palestine Scholar Job Posting
Inside Higher Ed: New York governor Kathy Hochul took an unusual interest in the hiring practices of the City University of New York on Tuesday when she ordered the public system to take down a job posting for a professorship in Palestinian studies at Hunter College.
New York governor orders removal of Palestinian studies job posting at CUNY
The Guardian: Hunter College faculty and staff union condemns Kathy Hochul’s order to take down listing, calling it ‘overreach of authority’. The New York governor, Kathy Hochul ordered the City University of New York (Cuny) to immediately remove a job posting advertising a Palestinian studies professor role at the state university system’s Hunter…
Students, Faculty Rally With Legislators For New York’s Public Universities
Harlem World Magazine: A coalition of student organizations, academic unions, and community groups held the rally to kick off their Higher Education Action Day before meeting with more than 100 legislators. Activists bused and carpooled from as far as Buffalo, Plattsburgh, New York City and Stony Brook to attend the…
