The Academic Year Begins
Dear PSC colleagues, The Fall semester begins this week at most CUNY colleges. The excitement of the return and the opportunity to greet students and colleagues new and old is invigorating, even as we meet the challenges that have accompanied the COVID pandemic since March 2020. PSC members have risen…
2500 CUNY students, faculty, staff: Don’t cancel Fall ’22 classes
PSC President James Davis sent the Don’t Cancel Fall 2022 Classes Petition and the following message to CUNY Chancellor Matos Rodriguez and the college presidents on August 15, 2022. The petition had over 1700 signatures when it was delivered. It now has 2500+ See the petition that was delivered today.…
PSC Members Join Governor Hochul to Tout Part-time TAP
TAP awards between $500 and $5,665 per year are available to low-to-middle income full-time NY students taking 12 or more credits per year. Before reforms to TAP were enacted along with the State budget for FY 2023, students had to complete two semesters of full-time study to be eligible for…
Summer Update from the PSC
Dear Colleagues, We hope everyone reading this has been enjoying a productive and healthy summer–and getting a bit of well-earned rest and relaxation at some point within it! We are writing to bring you up to date on some union developments, and point your attention to some pressing issues you’ll…