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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Efficiency initiatives and shared services
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Batista outlines various system-wide shared service initiatives that CUNY is implementing to improve efficiency and reduce costs. These initiatives are part of CUNY's strategy to address its financial challenges.
- Centralizing IT functions for economies of scale
- Effective deployment of maintenance and repair teams across campuses
- Consolidation of contracts for better pricing
- Streamlining tuition and fees collection processes
- Upfront investments required for infrastructure improvements
- Expected efficiency gains starting in fiscal year 2026
Hector Batista
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That is why we're doubling down on our efficiency strategy.
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We implement implemented various system wide shared service initiative.
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We're centralizing IT functions to benefit from economy of scale.
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We're pursuing effective deployment of maintenance and repair teams to campuses.
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We're consolidating contracts to negotiate better pricing.
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We're streamlining tuition and fees and collections.
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Planners for these initiatives include upfront investment required to build the infrastructure that we need in order to undertake these very important initiatives.
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We hope that by implementing these initiatives, we're gonna start to see some of the efficiency by fiscal year twenty twenty six.