BY BRIAN C. MITCHELL It may be an effort to continue Bernie Sander’s legacy by re-introducing the “free college” movement. It may also be a way to recast the Democratic Party in its “return to the working class defender” role. Or, it may be that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is staking his claim to…
The following is taken (with slight edits) from the website of the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) at City University of New York, which represents faculty and professional staff at CUNY. The PSC is affiliated with the AAUP. “C-U-N-Y Don’t let CUNY die!” was the chant Thursday as more than 40 faculty and staff from the…
BY HANK REICHMAN “CUNY is for the People” read some of the signs at a highly-charged rally outside New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s midtown office in New York City yesterday. Organized by a new and broad coalition, CUNY Rising Alliance, the rally kicked off a community-based campaign to demand increased public investment in the City…