PSC Statement on the NYS Executive Budget
Governor Hochul has announced a combined $1.5 billion increase in operating support for CUNY and SUNY over the next five years, including an additional $170 million for CUNY senior colleges next year (briefing book pg 105). It’s heartening to see that Governor Hochul is acting decisively to begin…
Path to a Safer Spring Semester
Spring semester begins January 28. Many members of the CUNY community may be ill with COVID, recovering and isolating after illness, or caring for family members. The path of the omicron variant is not fully predictable. Despite widespread expectation among public health officials that infections may soon subside…
3,200 Faculty and Staff Sign Petition Calling for a Safe Return
President James Davis delivered the Spring Safe Return petition to Chancellor Matos Rodríguez on Thursday, January 6. His letter and a link to the signed petition are below. Dear Chancellor Matos Rodríguez, In December, before the Omicron surge, we discussed the need for the University to provide clear,…
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…
