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Council member delivers closing remarks on funding CUNY
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Council Member Eric Dinowitz delivers closing remarks, emphasizing the importance of funding CUNY and the positive impact it has on the community's future.
- Stresses that funding CUNY is an investment in the future, not just an expenditure
- Highlights the high return on investment, both financially and socially
- Expresses frustration that funding CUNY is an annual struggle despite its proven benefits
- Thanks attendees and CUNY representatives for their participation and ongoing work
Eric Dinowitz
2:36:10
this concludes our in person portion of the public testimony.
2:36:17
We have no one signed up to testify remotely.
2:36:24
No?
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Okay.
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If there is anyone else present in the room who has not had the opportunity to to testify but wishes to do so, please raise your hand.
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Thank you.
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I I wanna thank every I wanna thank CUNY, of course, everyone who's come to testify today about the importance of funding CUNY and why we need to fight so hard to make sure that CUNY is funded and receives the investment it deserves.
2:36:55
It's not about funding or investing in an institution.
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It's about investing in our future.
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The people who are gonna be coming back or staying in our communities, making it better, raising a family, sending their kids to school in our communities.
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It it is critical that that we fund these programs, that we fund CUNY, and year after year, it is a fight.
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And it's strange because it is a fight to fund things that have a great return on investment.
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I've said it once, I'll say it a thousand times, these are not expenditures.
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We're not throwing money away at an institution.
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We're making smart, proven investments, investments in our students and investments in our future that have return on investments that you would dream of in any stock market, not to mention the social benefits to our students and our society.
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So I want to thank you all for coming, and I wanna thank you all for your continued work at CUNY and work with us to make sure CUNY gets the funding it deserves.
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This hearing is adjourned.