Community colleges call for state budget relief

With the clock ticking down to the state’s April 1 budget deadline, union leaders, faculty and administrators from Westchester and Suffolk held press conferences Friday to call for a greater state investment in SUNY two-year campuses.

TAKE ACTION and show your support! Urge lawmakers to make community college funding a top priority!

WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Thank you to all who joined us in support of a #NewDeal4HigherEd & additional funding for our life-changing community colleges!

Special TY to @ShelleyBMayer @SenatorHarckham @AMDanaLevenberg @KenJenkinsNY @LegislatorGashi @davidimamura4CL! @MelindaJPerson @uupinfo pic.twitter.com/UxRUFro6uH
— Emiljana Ulaj 🍎 (@emiljanaulaj) March 24, 2023

Special thanks to all the elected officials who showed up to support increasing funding for @sunywcc1 !#NewDeal4HigherEd @nysut @NYSUTTRO @ShelleyBMayer @SenatorHarckham @KenJenkinsNY @AMDanaLevenberg @emiljanaulaj @Grubiak_ @RosadoCiriello pic.twitter.com/Ue4xNAxFZq
— Kara McCormick-Lyons (@kmclyons) March 24, 2023

Thank you Sen. @ShelleyBMayer for standing with public higher education and fighting for more funding in this year’s budget! @nysut #NewDealforHigherEd @MelindaJPerson @uupinfo pic.twitter.com/q6dhvnIWd7
— Emiljana Ulaj 🍎 (@emiljanaulaj) March 24, 2023

Fund New York’s Community Colleges! Actions today in Suffolk and Westchester counties in support of @nysut’s #NewDeal4HigherEd @AFTunion @AndyPallotta pic.twitter.com/KtI3drSPw2
— Melinda Person 🍎✌🌈 (@MelindaJPerson) March 24, 2023

“Let’s give our community colleges the sustained funding they need, so they can give our students what they need.”-Jim Werner #NewDeal4HigherEd @NYSUTTRO @nysut @AFTunion @emiljanaulaj @Grubiak_ @AndyPallotta @MelindaJPerson @RosadoCiriello @sunywcc1 pic.twitter.com/3PIOwvZQJz
— Kara McCormick-Lyons (@kmclyons) March 24, 2023

@KenJenkinsNY at Westchester County Community College committing to make sure dollars get to the community colleges. @nysut @NYSUTTRO @yft860 pic.twitter.com/WASEoC6EUv
— Samantha Rosado-Ciriello (@RosadoCiriello) March 24, 2023

“Community colleges provide a gateway to economic mobility, particularly for first generation students.” — Jim Werner, President of the Westchester Community College Federation of Teachers @uupinfo @MelindaJPerson @nysut pic.twitter.com/MgHmsD8z5T
— Emiljana Ulaj 🍎 (@emiljanaulaj) March 24, 2023

@nysut supports #ANewDeal for higher education. Westchester Community College provides pathways to so many! #JimWarner @emiljanaulaj @mikegrubiak #MartySommer@NYSUTTRO @yft860 @kmclyons @coachNicodemo @AFTunion pic.twitter.com/9pYHfBoB9w
— Samantha Rosado-Ciriello (@RosadoCiriello) March 24, 2023

SUFFOLK COMMUNITY COLLEGE

We’re out here with Suffolk Community College educators! $22.6 million for community colleges NOW! @nysut @MelindaJPerson @AndyPallotta pic.twitter.com/qvaB1hyndc
— Jeremy Parkin (@parkinsandrec) March 24, 2023

Suffolk Community College educators talking about what $22.6 million for community colleges means for their students! @nysut @MelindaJPerson @AndyPallotta pic.twitter.com/YRGDWdpJWR
— Jeremy Parkin (@parkinsandrec) March 24, 2023