CUNY Faculty and Staff Rally at Brooklyn College to Demand the Reinstatement of Faculty Fired in a Political Purge
(Brooklyn, NY)– More than 150 City University of New York faculty and staff joined City Council Member Alexa Avilés braving the rain and rallying at the Bedford Avenue gates of Brooklyn College today demanding the reinstatement of four Brooklyn College faculty members fired in violation of their academic freedom and…
Ratification Bonus for Part-Timers | Rally & Letter to Reinstate the Fired Four
The Brooklyn College PSC chapter has called a rally this Thursday, July 31st at 4 PM outside the Bedford Gates of Brooklyn College to demand the reinstatement of the fired CUNY faculty. The rally will call on Brooklyn College President Michelle Anderson and Chancellor Matos Rodríguez to stop the repression,…
Zionist McCarthyism Comes for CUNY
Jacobin: Republicans’ ideological attack on higher education seemed limited to elite Ivy League institutions at first, briefly dressing up an authoritarian crackdown on left-wing ideas like Palestinian solidarity and racial equality in the drag of anti-elitism. That’s changing. Now they’re coming for public universities all over the country.
CUNY’s Repression of Pro-Palestine Students Continues in Front of Congress
The Nation: On July 15, Matos-Rodriguez was one of three university presidents, along with the heads of the University of California and Georgetown, to face questioning before the House Committee on Workforce and Education about a supposed unchecked crisis of antisemitism. The Professional Staff Congress—CUNY’s staff and faculty union—and many…
Faculty Unions & New York City Electeds Say ‘Hands Off Higher Ed! Hands Off CUNY!’
WNY Labor Today: Leaders of the Professional Staff Congress (PSC), the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) are speaking out to defend free expression and academic freedom on college campuses and oppose the partisan assault on American Universities. Last week’s Hands Off Higher…
Congress attacked CUNY on falsehoods (OPINION)
NY Daily News: This week, the chancellor of the City University of New York (CUNY), where I teach, was summoned to testify at a hearing of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, alongside top administrators from UC Berkeley and Georgetown. Congressional Republicans once again smeared universities as…
MAGA’s Cynical Attack on Higher Education | Upcoming Bonuses and Retroactive Paychecks
Deadlines to Increase Retirement Withholdings Ratification bonuses for eligible part-time employees and retroactive pay and wage increases for all eligible employees will be implemented over the next four weeks. Then the next scheduled raises will then come in September. Here is the schedule: July 24: Pro-rated ratification bonus for eligible…
CUNY Faculty Union Leads Rally Denouncing the ‘New McCarthyism’ Being Wielded Against U.S. Universities
The Indypendent: City University of New York faculty, staff and their allies held a rally near City Hall Monday to defend public education and condemn the MAGA attacks prior to Congressional hearings on Tuesday, where CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez and leaders from the University of California and Georgetown…
House Republicans Grill CUNY Chief on Campus Antisemitism Claims
The City: City University of New York Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez was the latest higher education leader to be grilled about efforts to tamp down on antisemitism on the university’s 26 campuses Tuesday morning, where he avoided engaging directly with House Republicans’ assertions that the union representing tens of…
Statement in response to today’s House Education and Workforce Committee Hearing where CUNY Chancellor Felix Matos Rodríguez testified
July 15, 2025 Statement from PSC President James Davis in response to today’s House Education and Workforce Committee Hearing where City University of New York Chancellor Felix Matos Rodríguez testified: “This hearing is another cynical attempt to use real anxiety about rising antisemitism to ambush university leaders, smear faculty, slash…
