The Mayor’s Executive Budget for CUNY
Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a $124.7 billion executive budget for FY2027 yesterday. The plan closes a historic budget deficit without service cuts. The budget achieves balance by relying on additional funding from the state, efficiencies and program reforms, a new pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes, pension restructuring that has…
PSC position on Title VI training
On May 11th, 2026, PSC President James Davis sent the following message to the union:
Testimony from the CUNY Board of Trustees Hearing – May 11, 2026
The CUNY Board of Trustees held its Queens borough hearing at LaGuardia Community College on Monday, May 11, 2026. PSC members provided in-person and written testimony. Video by PSC staff.
Freeze the Rent | Remote Work Agreement Extended
The Remote Work Agreement provision has been extended through June 30, 2027, pursuant to an agreement between management and the PSC. Remote work arrangements for July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027, must be documented using the form. The agreement provides a framework for arrangements between PSC members and their…
PSC Members Turned Out and Took May Day Action
Between the citywide mobilization, the CUNY-wide wear red to work action, adjunct speakouts on multiple campuses, art-builds, teach-ins, tabling and petitioning, more than 1600 members took May Day action with the PSC last week.
NYC academic unions demonstrate on May Day, as New School student workers press university
New School Free Press: Academic unions from across New York City converged at 3 p.m. outside The New School’s University Center for a May Day rally. Partway through, members of the New Student Workers Union (NewSWU), faculty, and alumni split off and entered TNS Welcome Center at 72 Fifth Ave.…
‘Hedge fund handout’: Mamdani and Menin push Hochul to claw back $1 billion from Wall Street
Bushwick Daily: Two weeks after winning the state’s first pied-à-terre tax, the mayor is back in Albany with City Council Speaker Julie Menin, going after a Cuomo-era tax break that mostly benefits earners making more than $1 million a year. Mayor Zohran Mamdani is calling it a “hedge fund handout.” Now…
May Day Action All Next Week | New in Clarion
Next week, PSC members will be wearing red, “blitzing” campuses about May Day and union membership, attending local campus events, and marching in the citywide May Day mobilization on Friday, May 1st. It’s part of a nationwide organizing project to unite the labor movement and immigrants rights groups to defend…
Statement on Mayor Mamdani’s Veto of Intro 175-B
PSC/CUNY President James Davis released the following statement on Mayor Mamdani’s Veto of Intro 175-B: “Mayor Mamdani proved himself a champion of students, faculty and staff once again today when he vetoed Intro 175-B. This “buffer zone” legislation would jeopardize First Amendment rights to free expression for all New Yorkers…
Elected Officials Join CUNY Faculty and Staff to Speak-Out on the Health and Safety Crises on Brooklyn CUNY Campuses
Brooklyn elected leaders joined dozens of CUNY faculty and staff represented by the Professional Staff Congress outside Borough Hall on Wednesday, April 22nd to sound the alarm about persistent health and safety crises across the City University of New York campuses.
