Geoff from BMCC
@BmccGeoff
Political theorist, community college professor, labor unionist. Tweeting here about NY politics & union stuff (& from @geoffwriteshere about other things).
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https://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/faculty/geoffrey-kurtz/ 28-02-2023 17:57:00
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CUNY needs support! Mayor Eric Adams: Restore funding for advisors, provide free Metrocards, and bring back faculty and staff. NYers: Take action to ensure all students have access to quality education: 🎓 actionnetwork.org/letters/fy25pe… #CareNotCuts PSC_CUNY CUNY Rising Alliance
CUNY Rising Alliance Response to the State Budget
We thank our stakeholders, advocates, & champions for another year of dedicated activism in efforts to make our Governor & state leaders understand the importance of funding The City University of New York...
Read full statement: drive.google.com/file/d/1GOpBHk…
'This Mayor – a two-time CUNY graduate – continues to walk away from the City’s obligation to support its university system, especially its two year colleges which educate the very neighborhoods he claims to champion.” #InvestinCUNY
Lawful student protest on any The City University of New York campus should not be met with NYPD arrests, including today's demonstration at City College of NY. Administration can & must ensure students' safety and prevent harassment on campus without resorting to the forcible removal of peaceful protestors
In 2023, 60 million working people in this country wanted a union but couldn’t get one. That needs to change. #PassthePROAct
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
'...You can’t reduce the community college ranks by more than 400 full-time positions overall since 2021 without compromising the services we provide and undermining morale...' (2/3)
Contract for #APeoplesCUNY
In a huge announcement from President Biden at today's #CareCantWait event, the Biden Administration proposed a national, comprehensive paid family & medical leave program, a revamp of the Child Tax Credit to cut childhood poverty, expanded access to universal preschool & more.
An urgently important report from Office of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander:
'[It] is critical that the City & State work together to reinvest in CUNY, & therefore reinvest in our workers, in economic mobility, & in a thriving New York City economy.' Hey Governor Kathy Hochul Mayor Eric Adams: we need a #NewDeal4CUNY !
I'm OUTRAGED that Mayor Eric Adams has slashed budgets 6x & continues to underinvest in programs my neighbors & I depend on. That's why I contacted him, my New York City Council & Adrienne Adams to demand a People's Budget w/ #CareNotCuts ! Email them now: actionnetwork.org/letters/fy25pe… @peoplesplannyc
#CUNY Prof Leslie McCall: 'if earnings were not so stacked in favor of the well off, the well off would be responsible for less of the tax burden.' #TaxTheRich #FairShare Governor Kathy Hochul
citylimits.org/2024/04/04/opi…
Today, NYSUT, including President Melinda Person 🍎✌🌈, joined UUP, PSC_CUNY and the State Legislature's Higher Ed leaders, Assemblymember Patricia Fahy and Toby Ann Stavisky, for a rally calling on New York to support a #NewDeal4HigherEd in this year's state budget.