You may have seen an attention-grabbing headline last month: “Illinois Legislators Approve 66% Tax Increase.” If you did, you may have looked twice to make sure it said “Illinois.” The jump in the state’s income tax rate—from 3 percent to 5 percent (and 4.8 to 7 percent for corporate taxes)—reflects Illinois’s profound financial crisis: a [...]
Thank you, Sy. It is always a very great pleasure to join you and the CEI-PEA. It gives me a chance to acknowledge your tremendous work as an educator and a New Yorker. Most of you know that The City University of New York counts Sy as one of our own. This morning I’d like [...]
Good morning, Chairperson Recchia, Chairperson Rodriguez, and members of the Finance and Higher Education committees. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you this morning about the Mayor’s 2011 Executive Budget and its effect on The City University of New York, especially our six community colleges: Borough of Manhattan, Bronx, Hostos, Kingsborough, LaGuardia, and [...]
I am delighted to join you today and want to begin by paying tribute to Sy Fliegel and the extraordinary work he has done on behalf of our city’s students. As a teacher and superintendent, as well as a founder of the CEI and president of the CEI-PEA, he has been an important and effective [...]
Good morning, Chairman Kruger, Vice Chairwoman Krueger, Chairman Farrell, Senator Stavisky, Assemblywoman Glick, members of the Finance, Ways and Means, and Higher Education committees, staff, and guests. Thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today about The City University of New York and the 2010-11 State Executive Budget Proposal. I will ask the [...]
Thank you. I am deeply appreciative of this honor and this opportunity to spend some time with you this morning. I imagine that some of you drove here this morning, just as you usually drive to work. I’m sure you use a seatbelt, possibly even a GPS. Every day at work, you probably use the [...]
The City University of New York appreciates the opportunity to offer testimony regarding the Deficit Reduction Plan and its impact on CUNY’s programs and services. The University is very grateful for the New York State Senate’s longtime support of CUNY’s operating and capital needs. All of us at CUNY look forward to continuing to work [...]
The City University of New York appreciates the opportunity to offer testimony regarding the Deficit Reduction Plan and its impact on CUNY’s programs and services. The University is very grateful for the New York State Assembly’s longtime support of CUNY’s operating and capital needs. All of us at CUNY look forward to continuing to work [...]
This is a pivotal time in our country. We are fighting two wars, one in Iraq and one in Afghanistan; debates over health care reform continue to be rancorous and nasty, dividing our country into screaming clusters of individuals and further polarizing institutions and interest groups; a fast-moving and deep recession that started two years [...]
We’re here to speak about New York City’s human capital. So let me begin by sharing a few thoughts of my own, as a way of starting today’s discussion. New York City has long held the distinction as being the world’s capital city; the place that attracted more than its share of talent across myriad [...]
