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On Escalation, Dying-In and the Fight to Fund CUNY
By David Unger “C-U-N-Y…Don’t Let CUNY Die!” Over the past few years, we have been lying down on the pavements of New York. In Grand Central Station, in front of Barclay’s Center, in the middle of streets in Brooklyn, near Union Square, in Harlem and in the Bronx. We have been asked to lie down —
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Gov. Cuomo Announces State Will Fully Fund CUNY Next Year
In a reversal from his recent vow to defund the CUNY system by shifting $485 million in costs onto New York City, Gov. Cuomo’s office announced yesterday that New York State would pay the full $1.6 billion CUNY budget next year, after all. This funding is contingent on the hiring of a management efficiency expert, who will
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Facing up to the Failure of Carbon Markets: TUED Working Paper #6
Carbon Markets After Paris: Trading in Trouble By Sean Sweeney, Coordinator of Trade Unions for Energy Democracy The 2015 Paris Climate Agreement and the “intended nationally determined contributions” submitted to the UNFCCC enshrines carbon markets and emissions trading schemes (ETSs) as a key mechanism for reducing emissions. But are carbon markets effective? Since the early
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CUNY On Strike?
By Sarah Hughes If you’ve been around Murphy recently, you’ve probably heard rumblings about the PSC contract battle. As a labor school, Murphy Institute faculty, students and staff study and put into practice the fight for labor rights. Now, as members of the Professional Staff Congress-CUNY and AFSCME District Council 37, Murphy community members are
