CUNY Leaders Face Furloughs Amid Coronavirus Crisis: Report

NEW YORK CITY — The greatest urban university in the world’s leaders soon will take financial haircuts to keep the school system afloat during the coronavirus crisis, according to a report.

Top officials and administrators in the City University of New York system will take furloughs, the New York Post first reported. The five-day temporary layoffs aim to help stem a pandemic-driven budget crunch, according to the report.

The furloughs will extend to CUNY Chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez.

“Unfortunately, with no sign of relief from the federal government, I am announcing an additional spending control measure,” Matos Rodriguez wrote in a letter reported by the Post.

Matos Rodriguez warned of other potential cuts, according to the Post.

One CUNY professor predicted those measures could extend to faculty.

“Guessing they are foreshadowing furloughing of faculty & other staff, which I think should be progressive & based on salary,” Anna O. Law tweeted.

Furloughs are coming to CUNY. We got an email from the Chancellor laying out the dire budgetary situation and that Deans, Presidents would be furloughed. Guessing they are foreshadowing furloughing of faculty & other staff, which I think should be progressive & based on salary.
— Anna O. Law (@UnlawfulEntries) November 5, 2020

Read the New York Post report here.