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Discussion on academic needs and CUNY budget cuts with Akkeem Polack
2:15:17
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Council Member Eric Dinowitz engages in a Q&A session with Akkeem Polack about academic needs and CUNY budget cuts. Polack elaborates on the financial challenges faced by CUNY and their impact on student services.
- Polack highlights $94.1 million in budget reductions since FY2021 through PEGs
- He mentions a 15% decline in city funding, projected to grow to $95.4 million by FY2025
- The discussion touches on reduced instructional and student services, particularly academic advisement
Eric Dinowitz
2:15:17
Akim Akim, I just wanna get your your thoughts on that a little bit.
Akkeem Polack
2:15:25
Alright.
2:15:26
So you touched on the academic needs.
2:15:28
It's just like further down because, you know, since fiscal year twenty twenty one, CUNY has faced 94,100,000.0 in the budget reductions through the PEGS, the program to eliminate the gap, and a 15% decline in city funding which will grow to 95,400,000.0 in FY 2025.
2:15:48
And this has led to a reduction in instructional and student services including academic advisement.
2:15:55
And we find that just interacting with CUNY students everywhere, one of the major barriers has to do with poor academic advisement.
2:16:03
Know, just one person on the panel just spoke speaking to me today as well, it affected their graduation time because they weren't advised in time.
2:16:12
So that's it's it's still there, academic advisement is still one of the things we're pushing for.
2:16:17
CUNY has included it in its budget request about the city and the state that's something we're getting behind because we need improvement in that area so people can graduate on time.