ONWARD AND UPWARD: PSC President James Davis called Governor Hochul's executive budget plans for the City University of New York 'a helpful starting point' towards realizing The New Deal for CUNY, proposed legislation that would transform the public-university system. The budget invests in hiring full-time faculty, expanding tuition assistance to part-time students and providing child-care services on each campus. Investments in hiring full-time faculty and expanding tuition assistance for part-time students at the City University of New York were among the funding initiatives in Governor Hochul’s Fiscal Year 2023 executive budget that indicated that she “is taking higher-education seriously,” according to the head of the Professional Staff Congress.
