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CUNY Newswire – March 13, 2013

Dear Members and Friends of the CUNY community:

I urge you to visit www.supportcuny.org immediately, because CUNY’s State funding for the next fiscal year may be decided this week.

The New York State Legislature has passed differing one-house versions of the New York State Budget. The Senate and Assembly will form budget conference committees this week to establish targets for any additional funds that may be available.

• The Senate and Assembly provided $150 per FTE in additional community college base aid. CUNY seeks an increase in community college base aid to $260 per FTE.
• The Assembly provided $161 million in additional capital funds. CUNY seeks $1.2 billion in additional capital funds for our five-year plan.
• CUNY seeks $6 million more in state operating aid for students with disabilities, veteran students and increasing college work experience opportunities.
• Both houses restored child care funds to the level we sought.
• The Senate provided additional funds for contract courses and workforce development.
• The Assembly provided a moderate increase in SEEK and College Discovery Funds.

Please use the letters at www.supportcuny.org to contact legislators today, while the budget conference committee process is under way.

The conference committees are scheduled to finish work by this Friday, March 15th. The Legislature is quickly moving toward the April 1, 2013, budget deadline. The time to communicate is now!

Thank you for your help and support. Please send the letter below to your representatives in the New York State Legislature.

Jay Hershenson,
Senior Vice Chancellor for University Relations and Secretary,
Board of Trustees

Budget Conference Committee Letter 2013-14

Do you know that the GC administration is displacing all of our 5^th floor student club and DSC spaces?

As part of the Fall 2013 Restructuring Plan, they aim to move us into the library basement where the computer lab, classrooms, and archives are now located. As a result, we may lose office space, and be refused after-hours access when the library is closed. Also, the library’s 2^nd floor will become the only general (further cramped) quiet workspace for GC students.

If you wish to counteract this decision, we invite you to take action:

Community Meeting on Alternatives to the

Fall 2013 Restructuring Plan

{an interactive gathering of students, faculty, and staff}

Friday, March 8

3-5pm

Graduate Center room 5414

Come together to discuss clear, practical, and democratic alternatives to the worst aspects of the Fall 2013 Restructuring Plan. We will address how to immediately inform, build solidarity, and create strategic campaigns across our departments, offices, centers, clubs, and program student associations. Moreover, this will be an alternative vision for what a Graduate Center Community Meeting can look like.

more info / stay connected:

CUNYAdjunctProject.org

TheAdjunctProject@gmail.com