SUNY system could be facing drastic cuts with Wall Street crisis

(Albany)  The statewide budget cuts ordered by Governor David Paterson for all state agencies could have a nightmare impact on the State University system.  And the recent Wall Street crisis will make things much worse. 

A spokesman for SUNY central told CBS 6 news the cuts, on top of reductions called for earlier this year, could have a potential impact on all 30 suny campuses of 210 million dollars.  And the president of the UUP, United University of Professions, Phil Smith said this could mean drastic cuts in student admissions, fewer courses and fewer faculty. 

Smith says this situation will impact any family wishing to send their child to a SUNY school.  UUP is calling on the public to go to their website and sign a letter to the Governor  asking him to restore the SUNY cuts.

We contacted UAlbany to find out how the cuts will impact the school, but a spokesman told us UAlbany was in a ‘holding pattern' right now and they would not speculate on what the cuts would men until the school with 18 thousand students saw hard numbers.