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August 5, 2020

CUNY Chancellor’s Emergency Relief Fund to Aid Students Impacted by COVID-19 Pandemic Grows by 70 Percent Since April Launch

Generosity of foundations, corporations And individual donors enables University to help 6,000 students, more than half of them undocumented students who were excluded from Federal CARES Act relief. The City University of New York’s Chancellor’s Emergency Relief Fund, established in the spring to help students facing financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic, has grown by more than $2.25 million, or 70 percent, surpassing $5.5 million in contributions, and awarded $500 grants to 6,000 CUNY students thus far, with funds on hand to help more than 5,000 additional students in coming months.

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