New York A 1727: Establishes St. Patrick's day as a school holiday for all city school districts of one million or more with an Irish-American population of 7.5% or more

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A01727 Summary:

BILL NOA01727 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02274

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SPONSORReyes

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COSPNSRRosenthal, Epstein, Anderson, Davila, Forrest, Gallagher, Weprin, Mitaynes, Taylor, Simon, Septimo,
 Sayegh, Jackson, Gonzalez-Rojas, Cruz, Carroll R, Dinowitz, Seawright, Bichotte Hermelyn, Lavine,
 Clark, Kim, McDonough, Fall, Tapia, Colton, Cook, De Los Santos, Paulin, Raga, Bores, Alvarez,
 Jacobson, Lee, Simone, Shimsky, Shrestha, Walker, Cunningham, Otis, Wright, Moreno

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§6221, 6206 & 6220, Ed L; amd §22-c, St Fin L

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Enacts The New Deal for CUNY; increases the ratio of faculty and mental health counselors to full-time students; requires that certain amounts of tuition be replaced by federal, state, and city funds.

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BILL NOA01727 

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01/14/2025referred to higher education

01/07/2026referred to higher education

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There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1727

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. REYES, ROSENTHAL, EPSTEIN, ANDERSON, DAVILA,
 FORREST, GALLAGHER, WEPRIN, MITAYNES, TAYLOR, SIMON, SEPTIMO, SAYEGH,
 JACKSON, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, CRUZ, R. CARROLL, DINOWITZ, SEAWRIGHT,
 BICHOTTE HERMELYN, LAVINE, CLARK, KIM, McDONOUGH, MAMDANI, FALL,
 TAPIA, COLTON, COOK, DE LOS SANTOS, PAULIN, RAGA, BORES, ALVAREZ,
 JACOBSON, LEE, SIMONE, SHIMSKY, SHRESTHA, WALKER -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Higher Education

 AN ACT to amend the education law and the state finance law, in relation
 to enacting The New Deal for CUNY

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Short title. This enacts "The New Deal for CUNY".
 2 § 2. Legislative intent. The Legislature hereby recognizes the need
 3 for The New Deal for CUNY to ensure that the commitment the Legislature
 4 articulated in establishing the city university of New York is extended
 5 to present and future generations. The 1961 legislation recognized that
 6 the creation of a city university as a single unified system was "justi-
 7 fied" by the special needs of a multi-racial urban constituency and the
 8 "vital importance" of creating opportunities for disadvantaged New York-
 9 ers. Those needs have only grown in the half-century since the Legisla-
 10 ture's action. Yet CUNY's ability to fulfill them has diminished as
 11 enrollment has skyrocketed and investment has failed to keep pace. The
 12 New Deal for CUNY reimagines CUNY as the vital urban university it must
 13 be if it is to serve the people of New York. It enhances CUNY's historic
 14 role as a leader in educational justice and economic transformation.
 15 This legislation restores free tuition, ensures adequate faculty staff-
 16 ing, and aligns student support with nationally recommended standards.
 17 In doing so, The New Deal for CUNY restores New York to national leader-
 18 ship in public higher education and removes the barriers to student
 19 success that have prevented thousands of CUNY students from realizing
 20 the full potential of a college degree. The New Deal for CUNY gradually

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03187-01-5

 A. 1727 2

 1 increases the ratio of students to full-time faculty at CUNY to
 2 nationally recommended levels, with a special emphasis on racial and
 3 ethnic diversity in hiring. It also replaces the system of underpayment
 4 for contingent faculty with a dignified labor system that provides
 5 students with the support they urgently need. CUNY students, perhaps
 6 more than any other college population in the country, bear stresses
 7 that make it extraordinarily difficult to stay in college, sometimes
 8 even to survive. The New Deal for CUNY addresses the urgent need for
 9 student support by gradually escalating the hiring of mental health and
 10 other counselors to bring CUNY into line with national standards. The
 11 New Deal for CUNY mandates that all tuition and student fees for
 12 in-state undergraduate st