Faculty, Staff, Students, Unions Rally at Capitol, Calling on Governor, Majority Leader and Speaker to Increase CUNY & SUNY Funding by $1 Billion
As budget negotiations progressed, dozens of students, faculty, college staff and union leaders and legislative allies descended on the Capitol Wednesday, March 23 to call for an additional $1 billion–$500 million each–for CUNY and SUNY. During a rally outside the Capitol, advocates performed a “cantestoria,” a street theater…
Rep. Carolyn Maloney Leads Electeds, Advocates in Calling for State Support of the New Deal for CUNY
Previous Pause Next New York, NY--Congressmember Carolyn Maloney, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and Assemblymember Harvey Epstein joined members of the Professional Staff Congress and the CUNY Rising Alliance outside Baruch College today to support the New Deal for CUNY and urge Gov. Hochul and the New York…
PSC Statement on Funding for CUNY in the NYS Legislature's One House Budgets
Albany, NY - Monday, March 14, in response to the Legislature’s one-house budget bills, Professional Staff Congress/CUNY President James Davis released the following statement: “New Yorkers need a New Deal for CUNY, and the Senate and Assembly one-house budgets are a huge step toward making it a reality.…
Mask mandate and vaccine negotiations
March 10, 2022 Dear PSC members, We would like to address two critical health and safety issues our members currently face - the end of the mask mandate, and our ongoing negotiations regarding the vaccination mandate. It’s a long letter, and we appreciate your forbearance–just as we appreciate…
City Council Passes Resolution Supporting New Deal For CUNY
Previous Pause Next Sponsors of the State New Deal for CUNY Legislation Join Council Members, Students and Union Members in Calling for a State Budget that Funds the New Deal New York, NY - The New York City Council passed a resolution Thursday, March 10 urging state legislators…
Ahead of Final State Budget, A Thousand New Yorkers Show United Front for Increased CUNY/SUNY Funding
Previous Pause Next INCREASED FUNDING WOULD POWER NEW DEAL FOR CUNY & NY HEALS AGENDAS On Sunday, March 6 a thousand or more New Yorkers including City and State University of New York students, faculty, staff and supporters marched from Brooklyn Borough Hall to Foley Square in support…
131 Faith Leaders Demand Full Funding for Public Higher Ed
News Release For Planning Purposes: Tuesday, March 15, 2022PSC/CUNY: Fran Clark, [email protected], 914-364-8925UUP/SUNY: Mike Lisi, [email protected], 518-944-952Labor-Religion: Rev. E. West McNeill, [email protected], 585-313-8574 Faith Leaders, Students, Faculty-Staff Unions Call for Over $1B In Increased Funding for CUNY and SUNY Albany, NY–More than 130 faith leaders from across New York…
This Week in the PSC (02.24.22): New Sponsors for the Brooklyn Bridge March | New Video Ad
If you missed President Davis’s update on the vaccine mandate sent earlier today, February, 24, 2022, read it here. March Across the Brooklyn Bridge This is THE BIG EVENT of the state budget campaign. Join us! We’ll start at 12 noon on Sunday, March 6 at Brooklyn Borough…
New PSC Ad Supporting the New Deal for CUNY
The PSC's new ad is set to run on multiple social and online media platforms for the next several weeks before shifting to TV in Albany and New York City. More than 10,000 letters in support of the New Deal for CUNY have been sent to state legislators…
