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New bill could cost NYU over $100 million in annual tax cuts

NYU and Columbia University stand to lose hundreds of millions of dollars worth of annual tax cuts if a bill recently proposed by New York state legislators is passed.

Adrianna Nehme, Krish Dev, Maisie Zipfel and Mikaylah Du • December 14, 2023

Legislation recently proposed by state lawmakers could change the way NYU pays its taxes, stripping it of long-standing privileges that have allowed it to save over $100 million...

NY State Says One-Hundred COVID-19 Cases Means Remote Learning for NYU

Here’s what NYU is doing to prevent that.

Trace Miller, Deputy News Editor • August 31, 2020

If 100 or more members of the NYU campus community test positive for COVID-19, the entire university will have to transition to remote learning for at least two weeks; Gov. Andrew...

NYU Puts Its Reputation Before Student Wellness

Among other secretive measures, NYU does not track suicides. But what does the university have to gain from this?

Abby Hofstetter, Opinion Editor • December 2, 2019

NYU has something of a reputation for being secretive with information — its fiscal 2020 budget, which was supposed to be released in June, has not yet been published; it has...

In the wake of tragedy, why does NYU keep ‘sweeping it under the rug?’

Despite NYU’s notorious lack of community, students gather together online following the death of a student. The university has yet to make a public announcement.

Pamela Jew, Under the Arch Managing Editor • October 9, 2018

Free Menstrual Product Initiative Puts the Uterus in NYU

Miranda Levingston, News Editor • November 16, 2017

New York University is one of several universities now offering free tampons at no cost to students. The development comes after a 2016 bill signed by Mayor Bill De Blasio requiring free menstrual hygiene products in public schools and efforts by student activists.

CUNY Cuts Endanger Public Education

Abraham Gross, Deputy Opinion Editor • March 21, 2016

Cuomo’s claim that reduced State funding “won’t cost New York City a penny” is patently absurd. Under the guise of cost-saving, Albany is trying to shift education costs from its budget onto the city and students who can least afford it.

State Schools Must Serve State Students

WSN Editorial Board • February 3, 2016

State universities need to remember the importance of the affordable education that they are meant to provide -- not just on paper, but in practice as well.

Lack of need-based scholarships for state universities hurts lower-income students

October 2, 2013

Public universities nationwide need to better allocate financial aid to its students by providing more need-based scholarships in order to address growing income inequality that has so far been exacerbated by a superfluous appropriation of merit-based awards.