CUNY Beats Injunction in CARES Act Suit Over Faculty Layoffs

An employees’ union lost its bid to force the City University of New York to reinstate thousands of adjunct faculty and staff members laid off amid the Covid-19 pandemic, after a federal judge said Wednesday that it lacks a cognizable claim.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act doesn’t provide an express cause of action for enforcement, and there’s no evidence that Congress intended to create an individual right to continued employment, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York said.

As such, Professional Staff Congress/CUNY can’t establish that it is ...