{"id":424217,"date":"2022-03-31T03:50:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T00:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cuny-students-and-staff-rally-for-state-funding-for-repairs\/"},"modified":"2022-03-31T03:50:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T00:50:53","slug":"cuny-students-and-staff-rally-for-state-funding-for-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cuny-students-and-staff-rally-for-state-funding-for-repairs\/","title":{"rendered":"#CUNY students and staff rally for state funding for repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c1ac491a7e\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c1ac491a7e\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cuny-students-and-staff-rally-for-state-funding-for-repairs\/#%E2%80%9CCUNY_students_and_staff_rally_for_state_funding_for_repairs%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;CUNY students and staff rally for state funding for repairs&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCUNY_students_and_staff_rally_for_state_funding_for_repairs%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;CUNY students and staff rally for state funding for repairs&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Leaky toilets, missing ceiling tiles, busted doors.<\/p>\n<p>These are just some issues plaguing the City University of New York\u2019s aging buildings that proponents of the school system hope can be repaired with additional funds they\u2019re calling for in the state budget.  <\/p>\n<p>CUNY students and staffers rallied Wednesday at Lehman College to call for a \u201cNew Deal for CUNY\u201d and an additional $500 million in the state budget. <\/p>\n<p>Speakers said those funds, aside from helping with much-need repairs, are also needed to hire enough faculty and staff and reduce or work toward free tuition.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCeiling tiles falling on your head. Bathrooms and libraries that don\u2019t work,\u201d Penny Lewis, a CUNY Ph.D. graduate and faculty member, said at the rally.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings that would be a crisis at any other university are things that we have been asked to just put up with, that we just are supposed to expect at CUNY. The time for that is done,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>Gov. Kathy Hochul\u2019s proposed budget <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriates $792.8 million in capital funding \u2014 an increase of a few hundred million dollars from this year. <\/p>\n<p>But officials from CUNY, where buildings average over 50 years old, have said they need $1.247 billion to address the university\u2019s capital needs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/220330_LC_DDR_006.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Penny Lewis, a CUNY Ph.D. graduate and faculty member, speaks at the rally.\" class=\"wp-image-21724562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/220330_LC_DDR_006.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/220330_LC_DDR_006.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/220330_LC_DDR_006.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/220330_LC_DDR_006.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Penny Lewis, a CUNY Ph.D. graduate and faculty member said the CUNY infrastructure conditions would be a crisis at any other university.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Desiree Rios for PSC\/CUNY<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/cuny-funding-191.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"view of City College, NYC campus.\" class=\"wp-image-21724444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/cuny-funding-191.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/cuny-funding-191.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/cuny-funding-191.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The ralliers called for an additional $500 million in the state budget to fix its infrastructure problems.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Angel Chevrestt<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A coalition of union faculty and staff, students and community groups that\u2019s dubbed itself CUNY Rising Alliance also launched <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23CrumblingCUNY&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=image\">#CrumblingCUNY<\/a> to share images of the disrepair. The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> hashtag has been flooded with photos of water damage, shelves falling off the walls, broken thermostats, and out-of-order escalators and water stations \u2014 at least one with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoonstoneSand\/status\/1501272339048062977\">plants growing out of it<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s rally was the latest in a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> including the CUNY Rising Alliance, which has also lobbied elected officials and testified in Albany.<\/p>\n<p>Sources said the $500 million increase in operating funds, found in the Senate and Assembly <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nysenate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/senate-one-house-budget-bill-outlines-balanced-bold-investments-throughout\">one-house budget resolutions<\/a>, is still on the table as legislators decide final priorities.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Went downstairs to fill my water bottle at work (bc the fountain on my floor is busted) and not only is it too not working, but there is a P L A N T growing out of it. Doesn\u2019t inspire confidence in the supposedly rigorous cleaning <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CrumblingCuny?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CrumblingCuny<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RfI2rC7R1I\">pic.twitter.com\/RfI2rC7R1I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2728MagicAndMoonstones\u2728 (@MoonstoneSand) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoonstoneSand\/status\/1501272339048062977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBuilding repairs don\u2019t get made on time, more than half the faculty \u2014 myself included \u2014 don\u2019t get paid a living wage, and have no job security, and there\u2019s not enough mental health counselors,\u201d said Ruth Wangerin, a faculty member at Lehman College, who sung the praises of her students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir teachers want the best for them,\u201d she said. \u201cNow let the state government and Albany do its best for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/220330_LC_DDR_014.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Ruth Wangerin, Lehman College PSC Chair, speaks at a rally.\" class=\"wp-image-21724543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/220330_LC_DDR_014.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/220330_LC_DDR_014.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/220330_LC_DDR_014.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/220330_LC_DDR_014.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Ruth Wangerin, Lehman College PSC Chair, said she and other CUNY faculty members don\u2019t make a living wage and have no job security.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Desiree Rios for PSC\/CUNY<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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