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April 4, 2011

This Week in the PSC (04.04.11): Albany Budget Favors the Rich, Slams the Rest

Follow PSC_CUNY on Twitter Albany Budget Favors the Rich, Slams the Rest Albany made a choice, in the budget passed last week, to sacrifice students’ hopes while handing out tax breaks for the richest New Yorkers. Among many other attacks on ordinary New Yorkers, the final budget included $95.1 million…

March 31, 2011

Albany Budget Favors the Rich, Slams the Rest

Albany made a choice, just a few hours before dawn on March 31, to crush the hopes of a generation of students while handing out tax breaks for the richest New Yorkers. “The fundamental injustice of this budget is staggering: Albany has delivered a Bush-era tax cut to the richest…

March 30, 2011

Rank-and-File Voices from the March 23 Sit-in in Albany

By John Tarleton More than 150 CUNY faculty, staff and students decended on the State Capitol March 23 to protest against Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed budget cuts. Thirty-three people were arrested when they peacefully blockaded the entrance to Cuomo’s office, making headlines across the state for challenging the political establishment’s…

March 28, 2011

A Budget Deal Has Been Announced—and Opposition Escalates

Community, tenant, trade union and student activists protesting outside legislative chambers on 3/30. The Governor, Senate and Assembly leadership have made a budget deal—a deal that hands over billions of dollars in tax breaks to the wealthy while it cuts hundreds of millions from CUNY, schools, heath care and social…

March 28, 2011

This Week at PSC (3.28.11): A Budget Deal Has Been Announced—and Opposition Escalates

Follow the PSC_CUNY on Twitter. A Budget Deal Has Been Announced—and Opposition Escalates The Governor, Senate and Assembly leadership have made a budget deal—a deal that hands over billions of dollars in tax breaks to the wealthy while it cuts hundreds of millions from CUNY, schools, heath care and social…

March 21, 2011

This Week at PSC (3.21.11): Take Direct Action to Stop Albany’s Austerity Budget

Take Direct Action to Stop Albany’s Austerity Budget We need you in Albany this Wednesday! Join the PSC for a peaceful, non-violent direct action to stop the passage of a budget that puts the interests of corporations and the super-rich above the needs of CUNY and millions of ordinary New…

March 16, 2011

Student/Faculty Albany Lobby Day: 3/15/11: Restore CUNY Funding

Click here for slideshow. Our state affiliate, New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) also has an article, pictures and video on the student/faculty lobby day.Albany, March 15. Hundreds of students, faculty and staff from CUNY and SUNY gathered today to urge the legislature to restore public funding for higher education.…

March 14, 2011

This Week at PSC (3.14.11): We’ve Exceeded Our Goal of 10%!

We’ve Exceeded Our Goal of 10%! As of Monday afternoon 2,816 PSC members had sent the letter to Albany—our goal was 2,349. Thank you for responding in such numbers. Well over 10% of the faculty and staff the PSC represents rose to President Bowen’s challenge and sent a letter urging…

March 7, 2011

This Week at PSC (3.7.11): PSC Gets on the Bus to Albany

Get on the Bus to Albany CUNY is under attack, but budget cuts are not inevitable—there is still time to affect this year’s budget. Sign up right now for the Student-Faculty Higher Education Advocacy Day on March 15th and we’ll register you for lobby visits in Albany attended by students,…

February 28, 2011

This Week in the PSC (02.28.11): We Are All Wisconsin

We Are All Wisconsin Jim Perlstein, co-chair of the PSC Solidarity Committee, addressed thousands of New Yorkers at Saturday’s City Hall Park rally in support of Wisconsin trade unionists. His speech was a crowd favorite, noted for its humor and sharp political bite (A Reuters report of the rally features…

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