In 1995 , CUNY suffered another fiscal crisis when Governor George Pataki announced a $ 162 million cut in state financing for the university . The CUNY board of trustees declared a state of financial emergency . By June , in response to the threat of budget cuts , CUNY had adopted a stricter admissions policy for its senior colleges : students deemed unprepared for college would not be admitted , a departure from the 1970 Open Admissions program , in order to save money spent on remedial programs . The proposed $ 162 million in cuts was reduced to $ 102 million , which CUNY absorbed by increasing tuition by $ 750 and offering a retirement incentive plan for faculty . ( In May 1996 , a State Supreme Court justice ruled that CUNY misused their emergency financial authority to lay off professors , close departments , and cut remedial aid . ) On September 11 , 2001 , John Jay lost 67 alumni and students , many of them firefighters , in the World Trade Center attacks . The school resumed class on September 13 , providing additional counseling for students , many of whom saw their studies and career aspirations in a new light . In September 2011 , John Jay dedicated a memorial to the fallen members of its community who died on 9/11 . The memorial , a large steel fragment from the World Trade Center ruins , was officially unveiled in September 2013
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