PSC CALLS ON CUNY MANAGEMENT TO
DECLINE SALARY INCREASES UNTIL FACULTY
AND STAFF SALARIES  ARE RESTORED TO
NATIONALLY COMPETITIVE LEVELS  

Whereas on September 24, 2007, five days after the expiration date of the PSC-CUNY contract had passed without an economic offer from CUNY management to the PSC, the CUNY Board of Trustees voted to award large salary increases to top management; and  

Whereas the average salaries of CUNY faculty and staff are below nationally competitive levels, with some salary levels having lost up to 50% of their real-dollar value since the early 1970s, when many of the current generation of faculty were hired; and  

Whereas Frederick Schaffer, senior vice chancellor for legal affairs, received an increase of $21,000, bringing his annual salary to $241,000, plus a bonus of $5,000—an increase of 11.8% for this year; and  

Whereas Ernesto Malave, vice chancellor for budget and finance, received an increase of $21,671, bringing his annual salary to $212,000—an increase of 11.4%; and  

Whereas Allan Dobrin, executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer, received an increase of $20,329, bringing his annual salary to $263,664; and 

Whereas Iris Weinshall, new vice chancellor for facilities planning, received an increase of $20,000, bringing her annual salary to $210,000 for this year; and 

Whereas Jay Hershenson, senior vice chancellor for university relations, received an increase of $11,000, bringing his annual salary to $231,000, plus a bonus of $5,000; and  

Whereas Selma Botman, executive vice chair and university provost, received an increase of $13,166, bringing her annual salary to $276,501 for this year; and  

Whereas Garrie Moore, vice chancellor for student development, received an increase of $12,600, bringing his annual salary to $192,600, plus a bonus of $5,000; and   

Whereas Gloriana Waters, interim vice chancellor for faculty and staff relations, received an increase of $5,000, bringing her annual salary to $180,000 for this year; and  

Whereas Eduardo Martí, president of Queensborough Community College, received an increase of $8,802, bringing his annual salary to $204,393, plus a bonus of $5,000 for  this year; and  

Whereas Marcia Keizs, president of York College, received an increase of $6,965, bringing her annual salary to $205,965, plus a bonus of $5,000 for this year; and  

Whereas Jeremy Travis, president of John Jay College, received an increase of $10,386, bringing his annual salary to $218,104, plus a bonus of $5,000 for this year; and  

Whereas Gail Mellow, president of LaGuardia Community College, received an increase of $10,350, bringing her annual salary to $200,350 for this year; and  

Whereas Christoph Kimmich, president of Brooklyn College, received an increase of $10,080, bringing his annual salary to $234,080 for this year; and  

Whereas Tomás Morales, the new president of College of Staten Island, received an increase of $10,000, bringing his annual salary to $230,000 for this year; and  

Whereas Kathleen Waldron, president of Baruch College, received an increase of $10,735, bringing her annual salary to $249,285 for this year; and  

Whereas Antonio Pérez, president of Borough of Manhattan Community College, received an increase of $9,004, bringing his annual salary to $204,500, plus a bonus of $5,000 for this year; and  

Whereas Ricardo Fernández, president of Lehman College, received an increase of $9,405, bringing his annual salary to $218,405 for this year; and  

Whereas Edison Jackson, president of Medgar Evers College, received an increase of $9,180, bringing his annual salary to $213,180 for this year; and  

Whereas James L. Muyskens, president of Queens College, received an increase of $9,767, bringing his annual salary to $226,803 for this year; and  

Whereas Gregory Williams, president of City College, received an increase of $8,753, bringing his annual salary to $258,826 for this year; and  

Whereas William Kelly, president of the CUNY Graduate Center, received an increase of $8,743, bringing his annual salary to $227,320 for this year; and  

Whereas Jennifer Raab, president of Hunter College, received an increase of $8,720, bringing her annual salary to $226,720 for this year; and  

Whereas Dolores Fernández, president of Hostos Community College, received an increase of $8,325, bringing her annual salary to $193,325 for this year; and  

Whereas Russell Hotzler, president of New York City College of Technology, received an increase of $8,220, bringing his annual salary to $213,712 for this year; and  

Whereas Regina Peruggi, president of Kingsborough Community College, received an increase of $6,895, bringing her annual salary to $203,895 for this year; and  

Whereas Carolyn G. Williams, president of Bronx Community College, received an increase of $6,828, bringing her annual salary to $201,922 for this year; and  

Whereas the salary of Matthew Goldstein, chancellor, remains at $395,000, having increased by 63% since September 2003, most recently increasing by $45,000 last September, and whereas his total compensation—like the compensation of many of the other managers who received raises—includes free luxury housing or housing allowance and the use of a car and driver; therefore be it 

Resolved that the PSC expects that CUNY management, with its professed concern for offering competitive salaries, will make an economic offer to the PSC that enables CUNY instructional staff salaries to become nationally competitive; and be it further 

Resolved that the PSC calls on Chancellor Goldstein and the top managers who were awarded salary increases this September and last September to decline those increases until instructional staff salaries are restored to nationally competitive levels.   

Passed 11/15/07 by PSC Delegate Assembly

Click here for article in Nov./Dec.'07 Clarion on management raises.

For analysis of how CUNY salaries stack up nationally, click here.