Chair Joseph opens CUNY budget hearing
Chair Rita Joseph delivers opening remarks welcoming attendees to the CUNY FY27 executive budget hearing and outlining the budget totals including personal service and OTPS spending.
And at this time, I want to now turn it over to my co-chair for this hearing, Chair Councilmember Joseph, for her opening statement.
Thank you, Chair Lee.
Good morning, everyone.
I'm Councilmember Rita Joseph, Chair of the Committee on Higher Education.
Welcome to today's hearing on the City's Fiscal 2027 Executive Budget for the City University of New York.
CUNY fiscal 2027 executive budget totals $1.57 billion, including $1.12 billion in personal service to support 4,289
pedagogical positions and 1,735 non-pedagogical positions.
The university's budget includes $455 million in other personnel service spending in this executive plan.