The Mayor’s Restoration of CUNY Funding | NYSUT Resolves to Defend Higher Ed
On Thursday, May 1 Mayor Eric Adams announced that all funding for CUNY that was cut by his administration over the past four years would be restored. CUNY’s community colleges, funded largely by the city, have lost nearly 500 full-time positions since Adams took office. The restoration amounts to $96…
Monday’s PSC Town Hall | Mayoral Endorsements
The PSC Delegate Assembly has endorsed five candidates for Mayor of the City of New York. Ranked choice voting, used in a NYC mayoral election for the first time in 2021, allows primary voters to rank up to five candidates. After much discussion and analysis, the PSC is proud to…
Pay Us Now! Picket Tuesday | No ICE/DHS on Campus
The State is awaiting final information from CUNY that is needed to process our back pay, bonuses, and raises. Some delay was expected and typical but we are not living in typical times! Our last raises were in November 2022, and it’s infuriating that CUNY management has not completed the…
Tens of thousands of NYers say “Hands Off!” | Immigrant Solidarity Meeting Tonight
Over a million people took to the streets on Saturday to stand against Trump, Musk, and the other billionaire oligarchs they represent. Hundreds of PSC members joined tens of thousands of New Yorkers who marched through midtown to oppose MAGA’s bigotry and xenophobia, defend our colleges and students and shout…
Hands Off Our Democracy! Protest this Saturday | CUNY Needs a $144.6M City Budget Increase
The PSC’s City Budget Platform calls for an increase of $144.6 million over the Preliminary Executive Budget to restore Mayor Adams’s cuts and end community college hiring freezes ($80M), to invest in CUNY Reconnect, academic advising, ACE and ASAP ($59.2M), and to expand students’ MetroCard access and capacity in CUNY’s…
Support RF Workers | Resist Trump’s Attempt to Eliminate the Department of Education
Send a letter supporting CUNY Research Foundation (RF) Field Unit workers in their struggle for a fair contract. Don’t let RF management use the chaos in Washington as an excuse to deny PSC members fair raises and a good contract. PSC members can also show solidarity online by sharing the…
March to Stop the Cuts, Sat, Mar 15 | Emergency Town Hall Tues, Mar 18
Half the staff of the Department of Education has just been fired or forced out. Elon Musk is dismantling the federal administrative state and calling Social Security a “Ponzi scheme.” Far Right majorities in the House and Senate are planning to fund a massive tax giveaway for corporations and the…
Urging Albany to Fund CUNY | Protecting Academic Freedom
President James Davis called for a $198 million increase in state funding for CUNY over and above the Governor’s executive budget for Fiscal Year 2026 as he testified last Tuesday at a joint legislative budget hearing about funding for higher education. Click here for the PSC’s budget platform, which represents…
CUNY Needs a $198 Million Increase | CUNY Rising Mayoral Forum
Mayoral candidates will gather in the PSC Union Hall again on Friday, March 14th from 5-7 PM for a candidates’ forum about the future of CUNY. Entrance to the building at 25 Broadway requires pre registration and space is limited. RSVP here. RSVP: CUNY RISING MAYORAL FORUM
People’s Budget Campaign | Childcare Subsidy for PSC Members
The People’s Plan, a PSC-supported coalition of groups opposing Mayor Adams’ repeated cuts to city agencies and public services, will launch the People’s Budget Campaign with a rally and press event Wednesday, February 19th at 11 AM at the steps of the Tweed Courthouse (52 Chambers St). The mayor has…
