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The Governor’s budget for CUNY senior colleges proposes an $11.9 million cut carried over from the state’s current-year deficit reduction and a newly-proposed $83.2 million cut, for a total reduction of $95.1 million. Continuation of last year’s cuts to the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) is also part of the Governor’s budget plan, along with a 10-percent ($226 per full-time equivalent) drop in Community College funding. If enacted, the latest community college cut will bring the total three-year reduction in state aid to community colleges up to a $641 per FTE— a cut of almost 25%. -- chirp elt Dr. Thomas T. Surprenant Professor & Acting Chair/Director Queens College Graduate School of Library & Information Studies