Keeping supplemental Medicare plan would still yield savings, expert says
Contrary to city officials’ contentions, giving municipal retirees the option to keep their preferred, premium-free health-care benefits would yield substantial cost-savings for the city, a policy expert is arguing. According to calculations by Barbara Caress, a health-policy professor at Baruch College, the city would realize nearly $350 million in health-care…
CUNY students rally, want ‘New Deal for CUNY’ enacted
Four-time CUNY grad Jamell Henderson is still studying—he says he’s on the path to graduating a fifth time. When he graduates with a PhD from CUNY’s College of Staten Island, he will become Dr. Jamell Henderson and a five-time CUNY grad. “Twenty years of being a student––and a student advocate––because…
PSC Raises Key Issue in Hearing on Aetna Medicare Advantage Contract
In his testimony about the proposed Medicare Advantage contract delivered on March 21 during a telephone hearing hosted by the NYC Office of Labor Relations, PSC President James Davis, said: “We were surprised to discover that the Aetna contract provides an option for retires to stay in traditional Medicare, with…
‘Not a radical idea’: Students, staff, supporters march over Brooklyn Bridge for CUNY funding
Days after the state legislature proposed hundreds of millions of dollars in new investments for City University of New York, close to 100 students and faculty members rallied for additional funding as they seek a tuition-free CUNY and a better quality of education. Marchers, joined Sunday by a bevy of…
CUNY Administration Cracks Down on Student and Worker-Run Food Pantry
Three years ago this month, the City University of New York (CUNY) pivoted to remote operations during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. When the university began to gradually reopen in-person operations after vaccines were widely available, dining services on many campuses — which students rely on for affordable…
CUNY students demonstrate against proposed tuition hike
The City University of New York is the nation’s largest urban university with close to 243,000 degree-seeking students. To many, it can be the gateway to the middle class. However, a proposed tuition hike by Gov. Kathy Hochul has some students up in arms. Students on Sunday held a rally…
Over 100 CUNY department chairs sign letter blasting university’s handling of financial crisis
The City University of New York professors are furious with the public university system’s handling of its financial crisis — and warning that the “micromanaging” hiring procedures will cost it top talent. The university announced a hiring freeze and budget cuts last month to help shore up a deficit fueled…
Hundreds of Millions More in State Funding for CUNY, If We Keep Pushing
Hundreds of Millions More in State Funding for CUNY, If We Keep Pushing One-house budget resolutions released this week by the NYS Senate and the Assembly reject tuition hikes and propose increasing the operating funding for CUNY in the governor’s executive budget by hundreds of millions (Senate: +$148M, Assembly:…
CUNY faculty urge investment in public higher education
After making major investments in New York City’s public higher education institutions in 2022, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s budget proposal in 2023 leaves the CUNY system underfunded and unprepared to serve its students, according to James Davis, president of the Professional Staff Congress, which represents CUNY faculty and staff.
Letter from James Davis on Moving Retirees to Medicare Advantage and Eliminating Senior Care
(Click here to read the latest on what is happening to our healthcare) March 16, 2023 To: All PSC members and retirees From: James Davis, PSC President Subject: Senior Care slated for elimination - what you need to know Dear PSC members and retirees, The Municipal Labor Committee voted on…
