CUNY orders colleges to slash budgets, implement hiring freeze: memo

Key Facts

• The City University of New York has ordered colleges to slash budgets by an average of at least 5 percent and implement a hiring freeze, according to an internal memo obtained by the Daily News.
• The cutbacks, ordered by CUNY Chief Operating Officer Hector Batista, will likely be felt most sharply by students, faculty and staff and could lead to larger class sizes, increased fees and reduced library hours, among other changes.
• Each of the system’s 25 campuses will be required to develop plans that cut costs and increase revenue by March 3.
• Colleges closing out the fiscal year in a negative position, including many of the community colleges, will need to cut more.

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