ALBANY (AP) -- The chancellors of New York's public universities are pushing legislators hard for regular, moderate tuition increases and the authority to enter lucrative partnerships with the private sector as they face another round of deep budget cuts.
Lawmakers showed concern about reduced funding for the State University of New York and the City University of New York, but made no promises to roll back Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed cuts in continued hard fiscal times.
Cuomo's budget would cut state support to SUNY, CUNY, their community colleges and the state aid to private colleges by 10 percent. It would also end the state's subsidy for teaching hospitals in Syracuse (SUNY Upstate Medical University), New York City and on Long island.
The cuts would come after similar reductions for SUNY and CUNY last year.
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