Q&A
Inquiry into CUNY's changes to time, place, and manner restrictions since October 7th
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Council Member Julie Menin questioned CUNY Chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez about specific changes made to time, place, and manner restrictions for protests since October 7th. The Chancellor's responses indicated that they had clarified existing procedures rather than making substantial changes.
- Menin pressed for concrete examples of policy changes
- Rodriguez stated that they had clarified existing procedures to campus communities
Julie Menin
1:34:42
Great.
1:34:42
Thank you so much, chair.
1:34:44
My first question is what specific changes have you made to time, place, and manner restrictions since October 7th?
Felix Matos Rodriguez
1:34:52
Well, we've given that, we've made that guidance very, very clear to the campus communities.
1:34:57
Many of the presidents sent memos at the beginning of the academic year clarifying the procedures that,
Julie Menin
1:35:03
But can you be specific?
1:35:04
I'm I'm specifically asking what changes have you
Felix Matos Rodriguez
1:35:09
made?
1:35:09
Well, we didn't require a change.
1:35:11
We just said that is the tenor of our procedures, and we just clarifying for everybody what they need to do to be able to
Julie Menin
1:35:19
host the best I used to serve on a university board.
1:35:22
Universities across the country in light of October 7th have made specific changes to time, place, and manner, which allow, of course, the first amendment right to peacefully protest, but allow universities to enact reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions to assure the safety of students and allow educational pursuits to continue.
Felix Matos Rodriguez
1:35:42
And and we've had those, and what we did as a result of that is I issue clarification on that as chancellor, and then every campus did the same thing.
Julie Menin
1:35:50
I'm asking what those changes are.
1:35:52
You're not answering the question with all these Well,
Kalman Yeger
1:35:54
because because
Felix Matos Rodriguez
1:35:55
because they just they just clarified the process to be able to do that.
1:35:58
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