CUNY faculty and staff picket over recent Queens College budget cuts
QNS: The union Professional Staff Congress (PSC), along with faculty and staff from the City University of New York, picketed outside the Wall Street investment bank that employs William Thompson, chair of the CUNY Board of Trustees, on Monday, July 27. The protest came in response to Queens College President…
Queens College faculty calls for CUNY to reverse cuts
Queens Daily Eagle: Faculty members at Queens’ largest City University of New York college are pushing back against budget cuts, which have led to a number of cancelled classes and layoffs of adjunct professors. Several departments at Queens College were told earlier this year they had to cut their overall…
Labor Unions Rally at Delaney Hall
Insider NJ: Union members and community activists rallied Sunday outside the Delaney Hall immigrant detention center to protest the facility’s inhumane conditions and demand the release of those held inside. The rally was the latest in a series of monthly protests that have been held by the Labor Eyes on…
Keeping higher education in focus in the 2026 midterms
AFT.org: The AFT/AAUP Blueprint for Strengthening and Transforming Higher Education was the focus of the Higher Education Committee’s presentation at the AFT convention in Washington, D.C., on Saturday afternoon. According to Professional Staff Congress President and Higher Education PPC Chair James C. Davis, the blueprint grew out of the national…
Queens College President Frank Wu To Retire
Queens Ledger: Queens College President Franklin H. Wu announced that he will retire on July 30, leaving many in the campus community wondering what comes next for the college. Franklin H. Wu became the 14th president of Queens College on July 1, 2020, succeeding Interim President William A. Tramontano. By…
City Council funds free OMNY cards for over 1,000 CUNY students in city budget deal
AMNY: The City Council is trying to make it a little more affordable for City University of New York students to get to class. The city’s legislature is putting $700,000 toward a pilot program offering free OMNY cards to roughly 1,250 CUNY students across both the fall and spring semesters,…
Why Some Unions Are Joining the Call to “Freeze the Rent”
In These Times: Both supporters and opponents anticipate a first-of-its-kind two-year rent freeze, fulfilling a key campaign pledge of Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The hearings also drew wider-than-usual participation from segments of the city’s labor movement that backed his insurgent campaign — including the Professional Staff Congress (PSC), which represents CUNY faculty and…
Union Activists Are Building Solidarity With Delaney Hall Hunger Strikers
Truthout: “As a rank-and-file member of PSC-CUNY for over 20 years, it has been incredible to see the increased energy within our union as a direct result of ongoing organizing by our Immigrant Solidarity Working Group,” Geoff Johnson said. PSC-CUNY has brought “dozens of members and their families” to Delaney…
Dr. Sparacino Receives Top PSC-CUNY Research Award
York College News: Dr. Anthony Sparacino, a political science professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences, recently received the 2026 Feliks Gross Endowment Henry Wasser Award for Outstanding Research for Assistant Professors.The prestigious award is presented annually to exceptional junior faculty across the CUNY system.
The 2026 Trailblazers in Higher Education
City & State: Higher education isn’t as straightforward as it used to be. These days, students and their families are weighing more carefully than ever the upfront costs against the long-term value of a college education. The COVID-19 pandemic sped up the transition to remote learning, bringing benefits as well…
