PSC Letter Urging Rejection of McKinsey Contract on Reopening
Download the letter. April 12, 2021 William C. Thompson, Jr. Chairperson, Board of Trustees Members of the Board of Trustees Dr. Félix V. Matos Rodríguez Chancellor, The City University of New York 205 East 42nd Street New York, NY 10017 Dear Chairperson Thompson, Chancellor Matos Rodríguez and Members…
Statement on the FY2022 New York State Budget for CUNY
Statement on the FY2022 New York State Budget for CUNY Barbara Bowen, President, Professional Staff Congress/CUNY “The CUNY faculty and staff represented by the PSC are delighted to see important gains for CUNY in the budget agreement reached yesterday. The FY 2022 budget rejects every cut proposed by…
Students, Legislators and Union Leaders Stage Last-Minute Virtual Budget rally for CUNY, SUNY
Previous Pause Next April 1, 2021: More than 1000 CUNY and SUNY faculty, staff and students and higher education union leaders sent an unmistakable message to state legislators at a pop-up virtual rally April 1: now is the time to provide increased funding for New York’s public higher…
Lawmakers, Students, Faculty & Community Members March in the Bronx For A New Deal for CUNY Ahead of State Budget Deadline
New Deal For CUNY Legislation Would Enact Free Tuition, Fix Infrastructure & Set Improved Staff-to-Student Ratios Bronx, NY - Today (March 27, 2021), members of the CUNY Rising Alliance and the Professional Staff Congress rallied at Hostos Community College and marched to the Bronx County Courthouse alongside students,…
PSC Statement against Anti-Asian Violence
The members of the Professional Staff Congress/CUNY condemn the murder of eight working people—including six Asian women—at Asian-owned spas on March 16. Their names are: Soon C. Park, Hyun J. Grant, Suncha Kim, Yong A. Yue, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Delaina Yaun and Paul Andre Michels. We join…
This Week in the PSC (02.13.21): Defend Our Contract! | Help Pass the New Deal for CUNY
Betrayal: CUNY Refuses to Implement Equity Raises for Assistants to HEO and Lecturers The CUNY administration is refusing to honor the contract they signed—again! First they laid off thousands of adjuncts, then they withheld our 2% raise, now they have said that they are indefinitely delaying payment of the $1,000…
This Week in the PSC (01.27.21): New Stimulus For CUNY | NYS Budget Update | New Deal for CUNY Launch Feb. 5
PSC Leadership Continues to Press for Access to Vaccines When the priority categories for access to COVID vaccines were expanded last month to include “educators,” the PSC took the lead in pushing for inclusion of higher education faculty and staff working on campus in “phase 1B.” Together with the union’s…
Senate and Assembly One-House Budget Resolutions
The NYS Senate and Assembly “one-house budget” resolutions would restore the Governor’s proposed cuts to CUNY, freeze tuition and make significant new investments in CUNY. The one-house resolutions demonstrate that the Legislature understands that increased investment in CUNY is key to a just, inclusive COVID recovery. We applaud…
NYC Comptroller Releases Report on CUNY’s Contributions to the Economy
PSC President Barbara Bowen released this statement about the New York City Comptroller's report on CUNY and the economy released Friday, March 12. “Comptroller Stringer’s report reveals why investment in CUNY is key to rallying the state’s economy and tackling the racial and economic inequalities sharpened by the…
