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, fclark@pscmail.org, 914-364-8925UUP/SUNY: Mike Lisi, mlisi@uupinfo.org, 518-944-952Labor-Religion: Rev. E. West McNeill, emcneill@labor-religion.org, 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…
Online rally calling for increased investment in CUNY and SUNY
Legislators Join Hundreds of CUNY and SUNY Students, Faculty and Staff to Call for Increased Funding of New York’s Public Higher Education Systems New York, NY – State legislators, higher education union members and hundreds of SUNY and CUNY students rallied online February 16, 2022, to call for…
This Week in the PSC (02.09.22): Vaccine Mandate | Delayed Adjunct Paychecks
Vaccine Mandate for Faculty and Staff The CUNY Board of Trustees, in accordance with Governor Hochul’s directive, voted at their January 31 meeting to enact a vaccine mandate for all faculty, instructional staff and personnel in the Executive Compensation Plan. The resolution (item No. 11) states that the mandate will…
