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Chair Lee on CUNY headcount and vacancy rates

New York City Council · Jun 8, 2026 · starts 0:32:40 · 1 min 31 sec

Lee asks about vacancy rates by college and how enrollment changes have impacted headcount. The Chancellor says the most immediate impact is on full-time faculty and adjunct hiring, and promises to provide specific vacancy data by campus.

Linda Lee

And then just lastly, headcount and vacancies.

Linda Lee

The vacancy rate as of April is 0.7% for pedagogical positions and 16.4% for non-pedagogical positions.

Linda Lee

Which colleges are facing the highest vacancy rates?

Linda Lee

Okay.

Linda Lee

And just while you're looking for that, if you could let us know how the changes in student enrollment have impacted the headcount as well.

Linda Lee

That'd be good to know.

Félix Matos Rodríguez

The headcount of faculty positions and...

Linda Lee

Right, the vacancy rate, yeah, in the positions.

Félix Matos Rodríguez

I mean, the most immediate impact tends to be initially the employment of either full-time faculty or adjuncts, right, depending on the growth of opening more sections, and that would be the most immediate case of that.

Linda Lee

Okay.

Linda Lee

Yes, if you could let us know which colleges are facing the highest vacancy rates, and then also just in terms of the current vacancies and how they're impacting, or if at all, if they're impacting course offerings for the students, that would be great if you could let us know as well.

Linda Lee

Okay.

Linda Lee

We've also been joined by Council Members Wilson and Jay Sanchez.

Linda Lee

And with that, I'm going to pass it off to Chair Joseph.