Adjusted         Executive                       
                                 Appropriation           Request                       Percent 
                                       2000-01           2001-02            Change      Change 

AGENCY SUMMARY
  Community Projects Fund              157,000                 0          (157,000)   -100.00%
  General Fund                     738,100,000       752,408,000        14,308,000       1.94%
  Special Rev.-Other                90,000,000        90,000,000                 0       0.00%
  Fiduciary                      1,018,368,000     1,027,468,000         9,100,000       0.89%
  Total for AGENCY SUMMARY:      1,846,625,000     1,869,876,000        23,251,000       1.26%


STATE OPERATIONS
  Special Rev.-Other                90,000,000        90,000,000                 0       0.00%
  Fiduciary                      1,018,368,000     1,027,468,000         9,100,000       0.89%
  Total for STATE OPERATIONS:    1,108,368,000     1,117,468,000         9,100,000       0.82%

Senior College Programs
  Special Rev.-Other                90,000,000        90,000,000                 0       0.00%
  Fiduciary                      1,018,368,000     1,027,468,000         9,100,000       0.89%
  Total for Program:             1,108,368,000     1,117,468,000         9,100,000       0.82%

AID TO LOCALITIES
  Community Projects Fund              157,000                 0          (157,000)   -100.00%
  General Fund                     738,100,000       752,408,000        14,308,000       1.94%
  Total for AID TO LOCALITIES:     738,257,000       752,408,000        14,151,000       1.92%

Senior College Programs
  General Fund                     594,176,000       609,593,000        15,417,000       2.59%
  Total for Program:               594,176,000       609,593,000        15,417,000       2.59%

Community Projects
  Community Projects Fund              157,000                 0         (157,000)    -100.00%
  Total for Program:                   157,000                 0         (157,000)    -100.00%

Community College Programs
  General Fund                     129,724,000       128,615,000       (1,109,000)      -0.85%
  Total for Program:               129,724,000       128,615,000       (1,109,000)      -0.85%

Senior College Pension Payments
  General Fund                      14,200,000        14,200,000                0        0.00%
  Total for Program:                14,200,000        14,200,000                0        0.00%


                                                                                                                                                

                          BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
                    (Executive Budget: pp. 15-19)

The City University of New York (CUNY) was established as a municipal 
college system in 1926. In 1961, the Legislature designated the municipal
system as the City University of New York. There are nineteen campuses,
including nine senior campuses, seven community colleges, one technical 
college, a graduate school, and an affiliated medical school.

The City University of New York is included in the Education, Labor 
and Family Assistance appropriation bill. 

State Operations

In State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2001-02 the Governor recommends a total Senior
College operating budget of $1,027,468,000. This includes General Fund 
support for CUNY senior colleges of $611,968,000 for the 2001-02 academic
year. This represents a net increase of $9,100,000 or 1.51 percent over 
prior year levels. Included in this net increase is a lump sum
appropriation of $20,000,000 for increased costs, full-time faculty and 
other programmatic initiatives, inflationary increases and a new facility
at Baruch College.  This is offset by the reduction of $4,100,000 relating
to reduced lease costs resulting from the opening of the CUNY Graduate 
Center. In addition, the Executive eliminates $4,528,000 in
legislative additions from SFY 2000-2001 which include the following:

--     a reduction of $2,760,000 in support for the Search for Education,
       Elevation and Knowledge (SEEK) Program;
--     a reduction of $1,380,000 in support for child care services provided
       to students attending CUNY senior colleges;
--     a reduction of $388,000 in additional funding provided to Queens 
       College in Support of its Worker Education Program.

The Executive provides an additional $1,000,000 for the purpose of creating a
language immersion program to be implemented in collaboration with the 
School District of the City of New York.

Aid to Localities

In SFY 2001-02 the Governor provides $128,615,000 for CUNY community colleges.
This represents a net decrease of $1,109,000 over SFY 2000-2001 levels.  This
net decrease includes an increase of $1,641,000 to reflect the annualization
of the $125 per full-time equivalent (FTE) increase to $2,250 enacted in SFY 
2000-2001. Offsetting this increase are decreases to legislative additions 
from SFY 2000-01 of $2,750,000.  These reductions include the following:

--     a reduction of $560,000 in support for child care services provided to
       students attending CUNY community colleges;
--     a reduction of $2,000,000 supporting additional faculty lines at CUNY
       Community Colleges; and
--     a reduction of $190,000 in support for the College Discovery Program.

Capital Projects

The Executive Proposal includes the sale of $160,000,000 in bonds by the
Dormitory Authority to be used for project costs obligated during SFY 
2000-01. This maintains funding for capital projects at prior year levels.

Article VII

The Governor proposes Article VII language which authorizes the CUNY Board
of Trustees to establish different tuition levels for individual campuses 
offering graduate or professional programs.