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CUNY PEG restorations and current vacancy rates
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Council Member Brannan inquires about CUNY's PEG (Program to Eliminate the Gap) restorations and current vacancy rates. CUNY officials, including Chancellor Félix Matos Rodríguez and CFO Sherif Soliman, provide details on the $95.5 million restoration for FY2026 and discuss current vacancies and hiring plans.
- CUNY has 90 pedagogical and 276 non-pedagogical vacancies out of 10,291 total headcount at community colleges
- Plans to use PEG restorations to rebuild lost positions, particularly in areas like financial aid counselors and academic advisors
- Discussion of reimagining staffing needs to invest in student success
Justin Brannan
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Thank you, chancellor.
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I've also been joined by council members Moya and Lewis.
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I wanna jump right into the PEG restorations.
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PEG, just a fancy word for cuts.
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The executive budget includes a PEG restoration of 95,500,000.0 in FY twenty six, which is baseline.
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Large part of these restorations are allocated to personal services.
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Could you tell us how many vacancies does CUNY currently have?
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And if you can, what is the vacancy breakdown by college?
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And how does that is that better, worse than it's been, about average in terms of vacancies?
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And do you need to hire or will you hire for additional new positions in addition to what's exist the existing vacancies?
Félix Matos Rodríguez
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So let me turn to our CFO, Sherri Soleiman, for those numbers and that data.
Sherif Soliman
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Sure.
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Thank you, chair, for the question.
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Out of a total head count at community colleges of 10,291, we have 90 vacancies for pedagogical positions, two seventy six vacancies for non pedagogical positions.
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I do not have the breakdown by college of the vacancies.
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I do have the breakdown of the colleges by full time, part time.
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Well, I think overall, and I and I think you've you've heard from us the impact of the pegs.
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And when you really look at comparing current headcount to fiscal twenty twenty one, community colleges were down over 496 positions.
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So when we look at sort of the peg restorations, which we're appreciative of, it will begin, as the chancellor said, to rebuild what was lost.
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And so part of that, of course, will be to shore up some of those positions in particular areas that were cut.
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So for example, areas of great need like financial aid counselors, certainly today more important than it ever has been.
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Academic advisors at certain colleges.
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So those are just a couple of examples of some of the restorations in terms of, you know, addressing the vacancies.
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Yes.
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I think the opportunity now and again, we're having discussion with the chancellor and the executive team about not only rebuilding what was lost, but to really rethink and reimagine.
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Right?
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It's been it's been, you know, a few years.
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So what is it that really we want to invest in so our community colleges can thrive and so we can really invest in student success?