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January 18, 2024

End NYU and Columbia’s Property Tax Exemption and Give CUNY the Funds It Needs to Thrive

On Tuesday, Dec. 12, New York State Sen. John Liu and Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani unveiled a proposal to end Columbia and NYU’s property-tax exemption. The bill directs their exempted $327 million dollars in property taxes toward funding the City University of New York (CUNY). As a current PhD candidate, former…

January 16, 2024

Statement on Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams’s Preliminary Executive Budgets

Today the City University of New York (CUNY) students and staff are receiving mixed budget news from the Governor and Mayor. We welcome Governor Hochul’s commitment to public colleges and universities. We applaud her new investments in fringe benefits and CUNY operations and her return to the practice of funding…

January 12, 2024

CUNY Mass Layoffs and Class Cuts Come Just Weeks Before New Semester

In the middle of the school year, at least two CUNY colleges in Queens have slashed dozens of staff following the City University’s central administration mandates last month for eight campuses to make “enhanced deficit reduction plans.”

January 11, 2024

New Bargaining Dates! | Opposing New Budget Cuts

New Bargaining Dates Set The PSC and CUNY management have agreed to three new bargaining dates: Friday, Jan 26, 2:30 – 5 PM (observers must attend from 2-5:30 PM), Location: PSC Office, 25 Broadway Wednesday, Feb 7, 1 – 5 PM (observers must attend from 12:30-5:30 PM), Location: CUNY Central…

January 11, 2024

Queens College Lays Off 26 Faculty Two Weeks Before Spring Semester

Administrative leadership at Queens College CUNY informed department chairs and deans Wednesday that they would not reappoint 26 full-time substitute faculty for the spring semester. The decision leaves professors scrambling to fill gaps in course schedules with two weeks until the start of classes.

January 9, 2024

Opposing New Budget Cuts at 9 CUNY Colleges

Dear Colleagues: As you may know, your campus was recently identified as one of nine "colleges of concern" by the CUNY administration. This means your college has been tasked with making additional cuts to its Fiscal Year 2024 budget, above and beyond those already demanded, in order to help save…

January 8, 2024

Op-Ed | Stop putting CUNY on the chopping block

The future of the university I have worked at for more than half a century is at risk and it makes no sense. The City University of New York (CUNY) serves more than 220,000 students and lifts more people out of poverty than all the Ivy League colleges combined. Despite…

January 5, 2024

PSC Files Amicus Brief Supporting Retirees’ Right to Medicare

The PSC has filed a motion to submit a friend of the court brief in support of an injunction against an effort by the City of New York to force City retirees out of traditional Medicare into a privatized “Medicare Advantage” plan.     Read the PSC’s amicus brief.  …

December 20, 2023

Academic Freedom is the Union’s Fight

Academic Freedom is the Union's Fight, and All of Ours by PSC President James Davis Universities are entering a period of intensifying struggle over academic freedom and free speech. It is fueled primarily by disagreements over the war between Israel and Hamas, and the role of the US government in…

December 20, 2023

CUNY orders budget cuts across 8 campuses, union officials say. Will College of Staten Island be impacted?

The City University of New York (CUNY) plans to make tens of millions of dollars in budget cuts across eight college campuses — including the College of Staten Island (CSI) in Willowbrook, according to a faculty member and union officials.

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