New York governor orders removal of Palestinian studies job posting at Cuny

<p>Hunter College faculty and staff union condemns Kathy Hochul’s order to take down listing, calling it ‘overreach of authority’</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/new-york">New York</a> governor, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/kathy-hochul">Kathy Hochul</a> ordered the City University of New York (Cuny) to immediately remove a job posting advertising a Palestinian studies professor role at the state university system’s Hunter College.</p><p>In the job listing, Hunter College wrote that the institution is seeking “a historically grounded scholar who takes a critical lens to issues pertaining to Palestine including but not limited to: settler colonialism, genocide, human rights, apartheid, migration, climate and infrastructure devastation, health, race, gender, and sexuality”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/26/kathy-hochul-palestinian-studies-cuny-job">Continue reading...</a>