CUNY Students, Staff Arrested During Protest in Albany
The group traveled to Albany to protest budget cuts.
New York State Police arrest demonstrators outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office during a rally against proposed budget cuts to education and the state public university system at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)By Jill Colvin
DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
MANHATTAN — Several dozen college students and faculty members were arrested by state troopers in Albany Wednesday while protesting the governor's proposed budget cuts.
About 200 City University of New York faculty and staff descended on the capitol Wednesday to push lawmakers to reconsider cutting their funding as enrollment climbs.
Activists argued that Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed budget plan harms low-income New Yorkers while
Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/20110323/manhattan/cuny-students-staff-arrested-during-protest-albany#ixzz1HWolEJzm