Nov. 21, 2023 By Félix V. Matos Rodríguez The holiday season is a time to express gratitude for the good things in life, and for generations of New Yorkers one of those things has been the access they have to public higher education. With its affordable tuition and support services for students, CUNY helps New…
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Oct. 3, 2023 By Félix V. Matos Rodríguez There’s been a lot of conversation lately about the value of college. Some are questioning the long-term benefit of a degree that increases a graduate’s income only to saddle them with decades of debt. Indeed, a recent New York Times Magazine article argued that the college affordability…
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Jun. 15, 2023 By Sarah Belle Lin
CUNY campuses will once again serve as early voting polling sites for the upcoming primary election. Ten colleges in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens will open from Saturday, June 17 to Sunday, June 25. Four colleges will also serve as Election Day voting sites on Tuesday, June 27.
May. 22, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller Congress Members Dan Goldman (D-Manhattan/Brooklyn) and Jamaal Bowman (D-Bronx/Westchester) on Monday sent a letter to several leaders of New York City’s public and private universities, urging them to conduct an audit of their available space for possibly housing migrants. In the missive, the pair implored SUNY Chancellor John…
Mar. 28, 2023 By Ethan Stark-Miller As the debate around whether to make even more changes to New York’s reformed bail laws heats up in the final days of state budget negotiations, a group of over 100 law professors penned a letter to Governor Kathy Hochul and state legislative leaders urging them to leave…
March 14, 2023 By Michael Dorgan The leaders of four City University of New York (CUNY) colleges in Queens were presented with a $5.5 million check for funding on Tuesday, March 14. The presentation was made by Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, whose office allocated the funds to LaGuardia Community College, Queens College, Queensborough Community… Read more »