Cuomo
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Excelsior: Free Tuition for Whom?
By Steve Brier If you’ve at all been confused about or even impressed by Governor Andrew Cuomo’s widely touted Excelsior Scholarship program that was just voted into law by the New York State legislature, a good place to start to deal with your questions and concerns is Lauren Gurley’s article in the May issue of The…
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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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Open Letter from CUNY Foundation Board Chairs to State Government
Foundation Board Chairs from all of the CUNY colleges and professional schools penned an open letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the members of the State Assembly and Senate concerning the present budget situation at CUNY. This letter ran in the New York Times today and is copied in part below. We write to you…
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Put to the Test: CUNY Faculty Considers Strike Vote As Cuomo Toys With University’s Future
This article was originally featured at the Indypendent. By Peter Rugh Hundreds of people swamped 42nd Street one day last November, forcing police to shut down a section of the busy thoroughfare. These weren’t tourists or Broadway ticketholders gone mad, but professors from the City University of New York (CUNY) and their supporters, 53 of…
