Brooklyn officials march with students for New Deal for CUNY schools
More than 1,000 City University of New York (CUNY) students marched to launch a campaign for 2022 urging for a “New Deal for CUNY schools,” joined by several Brooklyn elected officials.
CUNY’s website states that the system is the nation’s leading urban public university. The university comprises 25 institutions, three of which are in Brooklyn — Brooklyn College, NYC College of Technology and Kingsborough Community College.
According to State Sen. Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Queens), chair of the Senate Higher Education Committee, since 1990, CUNY has produced a million graduates, more than 80 percent of whom have stayed in New York.