Category: New York City

Greetings Baruch College CUNY, 

As always, I always treat everyone at Baruch College CUNY politely and respectfully at all times no matter what regardless if I get my way or not. 

Treating everyone at Baruch College respectfully is more important than anything else. 

All my documents are submitted for my Spring 2025 withdraw appeal. I’m trying to drop all four Spring 2025 classes I took. 

Spring 2025 the semester I’m trying to drop all four classes was the only semester I didn’t make the Dean’s list.  

I was told all I was missing was a doctor’s letter and I could drop all four Spring 2025 classes. 

I have documentation from 10 emergency room visits and 10 urgent care visits during the Spring 2025 semester at Baruch College. 

In addition to more than 20 medical visits during Spring 2025 I was issued 4 NYPD police reports for being robbed and harassed during Spring 2025. 

I have a 3.7 GPA with six classes left to graduate while living in the street homeless the whole time. 

If I’m able to drop my Spring 2025 classes my GPA will go back up to 3.8.

I’ve been issued more than 30 NYPD police reports for getting robbed and harassed over and over since I’ve been at CUNY. 

I’ve racked up millions of dollars in medical bills for people harassing and attacking me while I’m trying to study for school and I still have a 3.7 GPA. 

Here is the situation. 

I have not paid for this semester Fall 2025. 

All my financial aid is gone except for some TAP.

The TAP department at Baruch College said they can’t give me an answer about how much TAP I’m getting for the Fall 2025 semester at Baruch College. 

My TAP is showing in CUNY First that I’m going to possibly receive between $600 and $1,200 out of the $2,000 I owe to pay for the Fall 2025 semester at Baruch College. 

After the Fall 2025 semester I have four classes left to graduate. 

I have a feeling the TAP department is going to tell me I’m getting a quarter or half of the $2,000 I owe for Fall 2025 from TAP around the time when everyone is registering for Spring 2026. 

The scholarships from Baruch College 2025-2026 don’t come out until after all the Spring 2026 classes are booked up. 

The HRA Fellowship doesn’t have a job for me. 

The Federal Work Study Program doesn’t have a job for me. 

If I’m allowed to drop my Fall 2025 classes and I can get the money back I would like to utilize the money for my two Fall 2025 classes and my two Spring 2026 classes. 

Who can I speak with about this situation?

The way it stands now I may be able to get the money or scrape up other money from scholarships by December 2025 or January 2026 to pay for my two Fall 2025 classes. 

The Spring 2026 classes I need to graduate will all be booked up. 

I’ll have to sign up for two Spring 2026 classes that don’t count towards graduation just to stay active. 

In my opinion I should have been granted the opportunity to drop Fall 2025 months ago with the documentation I have plus my credibility of having a 3.8 GPA at the time with 6 classes left to graduate while living in the street homeless the whole time.

My GPA went down to 3.7 due to my Spring 2025 grades because of everything I was dealing with.  

My appeal to drop my four Spring 2025 classes will be either denied or granted by the first week in October 2025. 

If my appeal request to drop my Spring 2025 classes is granted, to get the Spring 2025 money back for the four classes, it will take another six or seven weeks or more. 

That brings me into December 2025. 

All the classes I need to graduate will be gone. 

Who can I ask to expedite this process? 

In my humble opinion I should have been able to drop my Spring 2025 classes in April/May 2025 when I made the initial request.  

I submitted all the documentation required to the Weissman appeal department for my request to drop all four Spring 2025 classes I took. 

I submitted all the documentation required to get a refund of the money paid for my Spring 2025 classes to the refund department. 

If I’m lucky I’ll hear back in December 2025 or January 2026 if I’m going to get the money back or not. 

For all I know I may not even get the money back until after January 2026 and I’ll be kicked out of school and can’t graduate.

This is all happening because I couldn’t get a letter from a Medicaid doctor quick enough that it took ten months to get an appointment with. The doctor has since dropped Health First Medicaid and doesn’t even accept it anymore.  

I was in hospital emergency rooms 10 times during Spring 2025. 

I was issued 4 NYPD police reports for being robbed and harassed during Spring 2025. 

I was at urgent cares more than 10 times during Spring 2025. 

I couldn’t get the doctor’s letter until now. 

Thankfully I now have the doctor’s letter. 

I’m going to pass my two classes this semester and my teachers are great. 

Nonetheless I’m getting off to a horrible start this Fall 2025 semester because I’m spending the majority of my time dealing with this situation. 

There is a lot more I’d like to include in this note although it’s inappropriate for school so of course I’m not. 

My cell phones, tablets, laptops, clothes, etc., have been stolen twenty five to thirty times since I started at CUNY. 

Who can I speak with at CUNY about this situation so I can try to graduate school?

I’ve contacted the Bursar, Registrar, FAS, Student Life, CUNY Edge, etc., they’re as helpful as they can be although they said there isn’t anything more they can do to help.

Please advise. 

Thank you.

Mark Pine

Your complaint has been submitted to the New York State Department of Health’s Division of Hospitals and Diagnostic and Treatment Centers.

Professional Staff will review the concerns identified in your complaint to determine if they are within the regulatory jurisdiction of the Department.

You will be notified of the results of that review in writing.

Thank you for contacting the New York State Department of Health.

Greetings,

I’m not mentioning a word about this complaint to the hospital emergency room staff.

I always treat all medical staff respectfully no matter what.

I never mention anything negative to hospital staff.

I just wanted to mention this to hopefully help people from having to deal with this in the future.

Also, the odds are I’m going to be back in this same hospital again because I’ve been coming to this emergency room for years.

Tonight I came to the emergency room because someone I don’t know was blowing some type of vape or drug smoke in my face in the NYC subway.

Here is the complaint.

I understand hospitals are busy and they have to make the most of their space.

Right now I’m in the emergency room.

Whoever is in charge of seating sat me directly across from a person that has been non stop coughing directly into my face from the minute I sat down.

Again, I’m not saying a word to anyone here about it.

I just don’t understand why the hospital is pointing people directly at each other in the emergency room two feet away from each other to cough in each others faces.

I just feel like there could be a better seating solution.

One more time, I’m not mentioning a negative word about this to anyone at the hospital.

I’m just pointing it out so maybe the issue can be addressed. 

Thank you.

Mark Pine

Greetings Hospital, 

First and foremost I always treat all hospital staff politely and respectfully at all times no matter what. 

You are an amazing hospital.

In my humble opinion the state and local government should be doing more to support the New York City medical infrastructure. 

99% of the time when I go to an emergency room or an urgent care the medical staff and security treat me very nicely. 

Every once in a while someone at an emergency room or urgent care will start yelling at me or insulting me for no legitimate reason.

I just continue to act polite and respectful. 

Tonight I entered your emergency room at (location).

It was December 16, 2024 at about 9:10 PM. 

I was polite and respectful the whole time you can check the security cameras. 

The person behind the front desk counter and one of the security guards started to yell at me and insult me.

I’m 48 years old. 

I’ve been in New York City for decades. 

If someone isn’t putting their hands on me I’m happy. 

Words don’t bother me. 

I was polite and respectful the whole time. 

I walked around by the metal detector.

I was waiting because there was a patient at the front desk in front of me. 

That is when the person behind the front desk and one security guard started yelling at me and insulting me. 

I was polite the whole time. 

The person behind the front desk started telling me to cut the patient in front of me in line. 

I said I prefer to wait until the patient in front of me is done first. 

I’m not the type of person who starts cutting people in line or not respecting other peoples turn in line. 

That is when all hell broke loose. 

All I said was I was waiting for the patient in front of me to have her turn.

The security guard started insulting me and the staff member behind the front desk was getting a little rude too. 

When there is a line I’m not going to cut the person in front of me. 

I’m not in a rush. 

I wish you can see the front desk now. 

There is no one there. 

It’s 9:30 PM.

I show up and there are two staff members yelling at me to cut the patient in front of me in line. 

Ten minutes later the front desk area is empty. 

I have no issue with the two people who were yelling at me. 

I wouldn’t recognize them if I saw them again. 

I don’t take it personally. 

I hope someone from the hospital releases the footage to social media so you can see how ridiculous it was. 

I’m not trying to get anyone in trouble. 

I’m just reporting why two of your staff were yelling at me and insulting me and how I acted polite and respectful the whole time. 

You don’t have to contact me unless you want to. 

I have the utmost respect for your hospital and this doesn’t change that. 

Thank you and have a great day. 

Mark Pine.