This Week at PSC (5.10.11): CUNY reverses Kushner decision; PSC calls for Trustee Wiesenfeld’s resignation and demands reform of trustee selection
CUNY reverses Kushner decision; PSC calls for Trustee Wiesenfeld’s resignation and demands reform of trustee selection Last Monday the CUNY Board of Trustees voted to table the unanimous recommendation of the faculty of John Jay College to award an honorary degree to playwright Tony Kushner. The vote followed a one-sided…
This Week in the PSC (05.02.11): Be there May 5 and bring a colleague
Follow the PSC_CUNY on Twitter. Be there May 5 and bring a colleague We need you on Thursday, May 5. May 5 is the day the mayor announces his planned budget for the city, and the day the City Council begins negotiating to restore money the mayor has cut. To…
This Week in the PSC (4.25.11): May 5 Rally for the Budget We Need, the Contract We Deserve!
Follow the PSC_CUNY on Twitter. May 5 Rally for the Budget We Need, the Contract We Deserve! Can we count on you for May 5? Sign up now with Alex Reusing. On Thursday, May 5 the PSC is holding our most important demonstration of the year—a rally to make our…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
