Opinion: Increasing CUNY and SUNY tuition is a working and middle-class tax increase in disguise
It’s time for the state to reinvest in both institutions and follow through on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s vision for higher education. In 2022, Gov. Kathy Hochul laid out an ambitious agenda for public higher education in New York. She committed to increasing CUNY and SUNY funding by $1.5 billion over…
At CUNY, a fight for food — and recognition
At the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, empty stomachs were walking down empty halls. Despite the return to in-person work, and the wish to congregate with others, students, faculty and staff have largely been avoiding the campus this semester, dodging Midtown’s notoriously high food prices, and…
Can Hochul Offset New York’s ‘Age of Austerity’?
Since taking office, Governor Kathy Hochul has championed public higher ed and boosted its funding. For many long-suffering SUNY and CUNY campuses, her support won’t make up for a decade of disinvestment.
CUNY union criticizes hiring freeze, budget cuts
The City University of New York has announced a hiring freeze and has ordered budget cuts across its 25 campuses, a development slammed by CUNY’s largest union. Each college must find 5-to-6 percent savings, according to a memo sent earlier this month by Hector Batista, the city university system’s executive…
CUNY set to cut budget and implement hiring freeze, school says
CUNY has ordered its 25 colleges to cut their budgets and implement a hiring freeze, the school confirmed via email Saturday morning. Most campuses will have to cut their programming and activity expenses by approximately 5% to 6% in fiscal year 2024, according to a memo sent to deans and…
Hochul’s budget looks to revamp state workforce
In an effort to rebuild a state public workforce significantly diminished by the pandemic, Governor Kathy Hochul last week unveiled an executive budget that dedicates nearly $19 million to employment-creating initiatives for New York’s public sector.
New York education unions call for higher education funding
Education unions in New York on Tuesday called for $4.7 billion in spending for higher education programs in the state ahead of a potential tuition increase at public colleges and universities.
Gov. Hochul increases CUNY funding and tuition
Gov. Kathy Hochul increased funding for CUNY in her recent budgeting proposal, but her 2023 briefing book proposes indexing the increases to the Higher Education Price Index, or 3% for both SUNY and CUNY.
CUNY Is the People’s University. Austerity Is Killing It.
The City University of New York is the crown jewel of the city’s once-robust welfare state, a vital resource for working-class New Yorkers. Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul are starving it.
Hochul announces largest school aid funding in New York history, including 100% state-funded Foundation Aid formula
Schools are big winners in Governor Kathy Hochul’s $227 billion executive budget, which includes a massive infusion in public education and a fully state-funded Foundation Aid formula program to close the learning gap across New York.
