Take Back NYU! Pledge

To:  The Board of Trustees and Administration of New York University

We, the undersigned, pledge to withhold any future donations to New York University until such time as NYU acts in the spirit of democracy, accountability, and transparency through the following means:

1. The inclusion of an elected representative from the student body in New York University¡¯s (NYU) Board of Trustee meetings. This representative should have rights, including voting rights, equal to that of Trustees, as well as the authorization to make public statements on the operations of the Board of Trustees without prior approval from any administration official.

2. Public release of NYU's annual operating budget, including a full list of university expenditures, salaries for all employees compensated on a semester or annual basis, funds allocated for staff wages, contracts to non-university organizations for university construction and services, financial aid data for each college, and money allocated to each college, department, and administrative unit of the university. Furthermore, this should include a full disclosure of the amount and sources of the university¡¯s funding.

3. Disclosure of NYU's endowment holdings, investment strategy, projected endowment growth, and persons, corporations and firms involved in the investment of the university's endowment funds. Additionally, we demand an endowment oversight body of students, faculty and staff who exercise shareholder proxy voting power for the university¡¯s investments.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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