CUNY Leaders Named to Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani’s Transition Committees
CUNY News: Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has appointed 20 faculty and staff from the City University of New York to his Transition Committees. They join more than 400 New Yorkers selected to provide critical personnel and policy guidance to the incoming administration. The committees will help prepare City Hall to address some…
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
CBSnews.com: New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people to help advise his incoming administration on policy and appointments, and to help him chart a new course for city government.
Tax the Rich Town Hall, Dec 4
Fair share taxation is how New York can fund free buses, affordable housing, universal childcare, and a free and well-funded public university. It can keep our public sector strong and protect the services we depend on, even in the face of cruel federal budget cuts. Join experts and advocates, including…
What Mamdani’s Win Might Mean for Higher Ed in NYC
Inside Higher Ed: Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has promised to bring sweeping changes to New York City after a campaign that claimed national attention and rallied youth voters. Now college and university leaders, scholars, and students are speculating about what his win might mean for the city’s more than 120 higher…
We rise up to save higher education
AFT.org: On Nov. 7, students, faculty and staff rose up at more than 100 universities and colleges across the country and said, “no more.” Through teach-ins, rallies, walkouts and marches, university communities rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to control academia and vowed to set a better course for the future of…
SOMOS: Service, solidarity and strategy
AFT.org: It was total immersion at this year’s SOMOS, the annual Puerto Rico power gathering of New York legislators and other elected officials, unionists, civic groups and political activists. From a professional development bootcamp with more than 200 college students to a book giveaway for children, the event combined community…
Combatting Contingency | Post-Tenure Reassigned Time
PSC members and allies are invited to participate Thursday, November 13th in a hybrid forum about academic freedom, free speech and the effects of contingency and adjunctification on the suppression of political speech on campus. The event is happening in-person in the PSC Union Hall, 25 Broadway, 15th Floor, and…
Students and faculty at over 100 US universities protest against Trump’s attacks
The Guardian: Students, faculty and staff at more than 100 campuses across the US rallied against the Trump administration’s assault on higher education on Friday – the first in a planned series of nationwide, coordinated protests that organizers hope will culminate in large-scale students’ and workers’ strikes next May Day…
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…
