Taking Over Albany | Health Plan Implementation
PSC leaders and healthcare experts are continuing to monitor the rollout of the New York City Employee PPO Plan (NYCE PPO), the new health benefits plan for active employees, pre-Medicare retirees, and their dependents that took effect January 1st of this year. PSC members can submit questions about the new…
Equity Raises Begin in 2026
A series of new contractual raises negotiated by our union for specific job titles is going into effect this year. These raises exceed the across-the-board annual negotiated increases in an effort to improve equity and make gains for CUNY’s lowest paid faculty and professional staff titles, and they began with…
Take Over Albany to Tax the Rich | On the ground in Minneapolis
New Yorkers are demanding a better, more affordable life with universal childcare, free buses, and a free and fully funded CUNY system. We’re organizing to take over Albany on Wednesday, February 25th to win the higher taxes on corporations and the rich that are necessary to fund our affordability agenda…
PSC’s State Budget Platform | Three Members of the Fired Four Reinstated
PSC members are going to Albany on Wednesday, February 25th to demand that New York tax the rich to fund CUNY and a more affordable New York. Click here to save your seat on the bus. We’ll be part of a mass march and rally outside the State Capitol that…
ICE Out for Good March, Fri, Jan 23rd
Thousands of New Yorkers will gather for a mass rally and march in solidarity with Minneapolis-St. Paul and their call for a national “Day of Truth and Freedom” as they face an expanding occupation and escalating ICE violence. After a short program, the march will proceed from Union Square at…
Governor Hochul’s State of the State | Solidarity With Striking Nurses
“We’re encouraged that Governor Hochul is making public higher education a tenet of her affordability agenda by extending a tuition freeze and expanding CUNY Reconnect, the state’s program of free community college tuition for high-demand fields. We’re eager to see the details of the Executive Budget’s plan to continue increasing…
Join the PSC Campaign to Tax the Rich | Members’ Testimony at the BoT
PSC members testified before the CUNY Board of Trustees last Tuesday, December 9th at the Board’s annual Manhattan Borough Hearing held this year at the City College of New York. Read more here.
Tax the Rich Event Thursday | Health and Safety Week, Dec 8-12
Join experts and advocates, including NYSUT President Melinda Person and NYS Senator John Liu, for an online town hall about why and how corporations and the ultra rich who just got a huge federal tax cut should pay their fair share of taxes in New York State. Then get involved…
Tax the Rich Town Hall, Dec 4
Fair share taxation is how New York can fund free buses, affordable housing, universal childcare, and a free and well-funded public university. It can keep our public sector strong and protect the services we depend on, even in the face of cruel federal budget cuts. Join experts and advocates, including…
Combatting Contingency | Post-Tenure Reassigned Time
PSC members and allies are invited to participate Thursday, November 13th in a hybrid forum about academic freedom, free speech and the effects of contingency and adjunctification on the suppression of political speech on campus. The event is happening in-person in the PSC Union Hall, 25 Broadway, 15th Floor, and…
