On March 24, 2024, the faculty overwhelmingly voted in favor of a Vote of No Confidence on the N.C.C. Board of Trustees, Chief Administrative Officer Maria Conzatti and senior administration. Conducted by the Tellers Committee via High Security Election Buddy, there were 232 votes in favor of the Vote of No Confidence and 36 votes against it. The resolution passed by 86.57% of those voting. The percentage of faculty who participated in the vote was similar to past elections and equivalent to the percentage of eligible voters participating in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
After more than a decade of failed leadership, the college is at an inflection point: persistent administrative instability, fiscal mismanagement, and 3 waves of mergers that demonstrate a lack of support for our academic mission and degree programs. This administration’s lack of vision and integrity must be confronted now before the college and its academic mission are irrevocably lost for our students and the people of Nassau County.
We call on SUNY and the NYS Board of Regents to take immediate action to remedy this failure of stewardship at Nassau Community College.
If you would like to read the Vote of No Confidence in full, you may do so here.
If you would like to look at relevant supporting documents, you may do so at SAVE NCC.
We urge everyone who can, who is not teaching/ working, to join us in presenting this VNC at the Nassau County Legislature on Monday Mar 25.
See rally details in our post, Save NCC! Protest at Legislature 3/25
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Nassau was one of the top community colleges in the country before we retired 13 years ago. It is appalling and sad how low it has sunk due to poor leadership that began with Dr. Astrab and the spiral downward continues.
Sean Fananelli was a dynamic leader which these administrators cannot match. Sad but true.
https://anothernccblog.wordpress.com/2019/01/12/former-trustee-there-is-a-culture-of-corruption-at-nassau-community-college/
https://libn.com/2016/07/15/ncc-radio-news-director-let-go-amid-whistleblower-claims/
https://anothernccblog.wordpress.com/
I support the vote of no confidence of the Board and senior administration by current faculty.
NCC has been a bedrock institution for students of Nassau county and must remain so!
What this administration has done to the Nursing department is a travesty- the excellent program that used to be is gone- the education of future nurses- those professionals who will care for us are not receiving the education they need or deserve- because faculty have been lost, preventing those left unable to utilize equipment that help train their students-