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November 20, 2024

CUNY Chancellor Boasts Enrollment Growth in ‘State of the University’ Address

CUNY chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez on Wednesday laid out a roadmap for expanding the university in the year ahead while reflecting on the enrollment growth at the 25-school system over the last year. At a state of the university address at the City College of Technology Wednesday, Matos Rodríguez pointed…

November 15, 2024

2024 SOMOS Inc. conference underscores resilience

Every year, elected officials, union leaders, community organizations and advocates from New York and Puerto Rico come together at the SOMOS Inc. conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to consider how best to serve and celebrate working families, especially in Puerto Rican communities on the island and in New York…

November 15, 2024

We were arrested fighting for a fair contract that invests in New York

For nearly 18 months, the City University of New York has failed to offer the 30,000 faculty and staff represented by the Professional Staff Congress a new and fair contract, putting the quality of education for hundreds of thousands of CUNY students at risk. That’s why on Oct. 21, we,…

November 14, 2024

New York Leaders Urge Hochul & NYPA To Expand Public Renewables

As climate action on a federal level is now all but impossible and New York City recovers once again from being cloaked by wildfire smoke, New Yorkers will call on Governor Kathy Hochul to lead the way and build 15 gigawatts(GW) of renewable energy. New Yorkers will rally directly before…

November 11, 2024

Nov. 9 actions protest Trump’s reactionary program

People quickly mobilized throughout the United States to protest Republican Donald Trump’s election. Demonstrations, most of them on Nov. 9, were held in Seattle, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington, D. C., Berkeley, California, and perhaps the biggest in New York City. The protests defended reproductive rights and protested Trump’s xenophobic immigration policies,…

November 9, 2024

Thousands March Against Trump in New York City

After three days mourning November 5, thousands of New Yorkers turned out today in a hastily arranged mass march. Email and text messages brought together  people from a wide range of groups, including New York Communities for Change, Climate Defenders, Food & Water Watch, the Professional Staff Congress and other…

October 30, 2024

Brooklyn College Professors Among Dozens Arrested at CUNY Union Faculty Protest

More than 30 members of the Professional Staff Congress (PSC-CUNY), including those from Brooklyn College, were arrested Monday, Oct. 21 after blocking an entrance to a CUNY Board of Trustees meeting held at John Jay College as part of a protest for a new union contract. PSC, which is made…

October 21, 2024

Dozens of unionized CUNY faculty, staff arrested during protest for higher pay

Dozens of City University of New York faculty and staff were arrested Monday during a protest near Columbus Circle to demand a new union contract with higher pay. The rabble-rousers — including Professional Staff Congress (PSC-CUNY) union president James Davis, an English professor at Brooklyn College — blocked the 10th Ave.…

October 21, 2024

CUNY faculty arrested during contract rally

Dozens of professors and other staff with the Professional Staff Congress at CUNY were arrested Monday evening during a demonstration tied to a prolonged contract fight. More than 30 PSC members, including its president, James Davis, were arrested for blockading the 10th Avenue entrance of John Jay College of Criminal…

October 8, 2024

CUNY represents the best of New York. It deserves a clean energy future.

The City University of New York is among the most essential institutions in New York City. The school’s 25 campuses and quarter-million students reflect the diversity, resilience, strength and striving of all New Yorkers. The university system does more to elevate students out of poverty than almost any other institution…

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