PSC Statement on Governor Hochul's State of the State Address
Released: January 5, 2022 James Davis, president of the Professional Staff Congress/CUNY, the union that represents 30,000 faculty and professional staff at the City University of New York, released the following statement about the State of the State: “We applaud Governor Hochul for championing public higher education as…
New Vaccination Policy from Governor Hochul
Dear Colleagues, Happy New Year! On Friday, Governor Hochul announced that CUNY and SUNY faculty will be required to be vaccinated. As the number of COVID cases in the city and the region surge to unprecedented levels, and increasing hospitalizations burden our health care facilities and their overstretched…
Demand remote work and vaccine mandate from CUNY
December 29, 2021 Dear PSC members, During an unprecedented COVID surge, with case counts breaking every record, many CUNY employees have been required to continue working in person. The two weeks leading up to December 28 saw a 664% increase in infections in New York City. Hospitalization rates…
PSC notice to Chancellor
December 20, 2021 Dear Colleagues, Congratulations on reaching the end of the semester. The end of fall semester 2021 is proving to be as rocky as its beginning. The unwelcome arrival of the new Omicron variant has likely thrown many plans into disarray. I write with the hope nevertheless that this finds you safe, in good…
Elected Officials, Students, Unions, Groups March in Queens For A New Deal for CUNY
Previous Pause Next Urge Albany to Fully Fund CUNY’s Requested $313 Million State Budget Increase and Support Legislation to Make CUNY Free Again Saturday, December 11 Queens NY - Nearly a thousand City University of New York students, faculty and staff marched with other CUNY allies in Queens,…
Come rally with Columbia graduate workers–Wed, Dec 8, 10AM
Even as we organize for our own major rally this Saturday, December 11, in Long Island City, Queens, the graduate student employees at Columbia University – a UAW local whose 3,000+ members have been on strike for five weeks – are requesting the support of union allies and…
This Week in the PSC (11.22.21): Support for big funding increases for CUNY is growing
Support is Rising for The New Deal for CUNY and Increased CUNY Investment Senator John Liu supported the call for $416 million in public investment in CUNY in the Gotham Gazette last week. Assemblymember Karines Reyes, sponsor of the New Deal for CUNY, demanded that the state stop targeting faculty…
