More than 100 members of NYU’s adjunct faculty union are demanding that the university amend its 2022 contract, currently set to expire in 2028, to include paid family leave. The union members also referenced policies at the City University of New York, State University of New York and The New School that provide paid family leave for part-time faculty. In 2016, New York state mandated a paid family leave program, which is open to most people who work for private, public and independent employers. Each period, less than 0.4% of their gross wages would go to an insurance pool to support faculty on paid leave. “That really harms adjunct faculty and provides a sense of insecurity.”The request comes three years into the current adjunct faculty contract, set to expire in 2028.