Mark Pine

Category: Opinion

  • Email to Baruch College about the journalism internship.

    Greetings Baruch College, 

    I always treat everyone at Baruch College respectfully no matter what. 

    Treating everyone at Baruch College and CUNY politely and respectfully is more important than anything.

    Without respect we have chaos. 

    I’m doing a little polite and respectful investigative journalism right now. 

    I don’t think it’s fair that if a student has connections, they can take an with very little if any homework.

    If a student doesn’t have contacts like me to land an internship, they have to take a class which is 20X the amount of work as an internship. 

    Please let me know who makes the decisions pertaining to the Baruch College journalism internship? 

    I would like to try and contact the person/people. 

    I know when interacting with a government school there are a lot of people involved. 

    I understand that everyone at Baruch College/CUNY are doing their best for students. 

    I don’t have connections to get an internship. 

    I don’t have time to contact thousands of news websites in all 50 states to find someone who will give me an internship.

    I started contacting news websites and they don’t want me for whatever reason. 

    It’s very competitive. 

    Luckily anyone can start a blog and video channel for $100 so I can be an independent journalist. 

    I would love $100,000 per year from mainstream news media although realistically it’s not happening at 49 years old. 

    I’m confident from past experience that I’m going to have to take the JRN 4900 class. It’s no big deal. 

    I would like to ask whoever is in charge if I can intern for a Baruch College or any CUNY school news website/paper. 

    I don’t see the difference.

    The professor you referred me to who is in charge of the journalism internship told me to contact local news websites. 

    Why not a CUNY news website? 

    I like writing articles and see how things run. 

    Working for a school paper should be the alternative in my humble opinion. 

    Working for a school paper is something that would have value to a CUNY graduate school. 

    Please let me know who makes the decision so I can politely and respectfully contact the individuals or person. 

    If they say no which I assume they will, I’ll gladly take the JRN 4900 class which rate my professors says is 20X the amount of work as the internship that all the (some word I’m not sure what, desirable, connected, smart) students are landing except me. 

    Working for a CUNY school news website is closer to a journalism internship than taking a class. 

    Working for a school news website would give me some articles I could utilize of examples of my work. 

    Please advise. 

    Thank you and have a great day. 

    Mark Pine 

  • I’m searching for scholarships at Baruch College. In my spare time I’m trying to raise money from accredited investors for startups.

    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

  • Message to the NYPD Commissioner about the New York City police harassing me.

    Greetings Commissioner @NYPDPC people I know pay members of the NYPD to harass me. I have a lot of evidence. NYPD Internal Affairs and the Civilian Complaint Review Board won’t help. Please help. Thank you. Mark Pine.

  • I’ve been issued more than 30 NYPD police reports with me as the victim for being robbed, harassed, etc.

    The attached picture is one of the NYPD police reports I received from a freedom of information request.

    It’s part of a 100 plus page PDF sent to me from 1PP the name for NYPD headquarters.

    I’m about to pro se sue the NYPD.

    I’ve been given the approval from the New York City Comptrollers office.

    I was told I have to contact the New York City Comptrollers office before I pro se sue the police.

    I never respond to insults on social media.

    I’ve contacted more than 1,000 government offices by phone, email, etc., in all 50 states and the NYPD New York City police and their female and male civilian scam people are still harassing me.

    I’m confident I’m not the only one.

    I have a lot more evidence than NYPD police reports.

    There are a lot of errors on the NYPD police reports.

    There is no personal information on the NYPD police report picture besides my name.

    Anyone from the NYPD can confirm the image is real.

    I’m still contacting government, law enforcement, and civilian companies and organizations trying to get the NYPD and their civilian scam people to stop harassing me.

    The NYPD had women try to hook up with me to set me up.

    The NYPD has a massive number of women and men constantly harassing me.

    For example the NYPD has female and male, civilian women and men crash into me, blow vape smoke in my face, shove their phones in my face, and many more cointelpro scams.

  • The NYPD New York City police constantly harass me on the NYC subways.

    Greetings @NYCTSubway

    I don’t have a criminal record.

    I don’t do anything illegal.

    Individuals I know pay the NYPD New York City police and their civilian scam people to harass people including me.

    The NYPD has female and male civilians crashing into me, shoving their phones in my face, blowing marijuana and vape smoke in my face, plus many more scams.

    I’ve contacted over 1,000 government offices and they won’t help.

    This has nothing to do with the MTA or any of your employees.

    I have no idea whose decision it is and how long it will take, I’m looking forward to all the New York City subway cars having security cameras inside them.

    I go for weeks at a time without seeing security cameras inside any of the NYC subways I take.

    It’s July 20, 2025 and from my estimation most of the NYC subway cars still don’t have security cameras.

    If you have any government or law enforcement contacts please share this message with them.

    I’ve been issued more than 30 NYPD police reports with me as the victim.

    I’m about to pro se sue the NYPD.

    I have the green light to sue the NYPD from the NYC Comptrollers office.

    Thank you and have a great day.

    Mark Pine

  • Email to Baruch College about the New York City police NYPD and their civilian people harassing me. 

    Greetings Baruch College, 

    I always treat everyone at Baruch College politely and respectfully.

    I always treat everyone at the New York Courts respectfully.

    I always treat everyone at the NYC Comptroller’s office respectfully. 

    I never mention anything negative to teachers or students. 

    Long story short I’m pro se suing the NYPD. 

    The police know because they received my notice of claims from the NYC Comptroller’s office. 

    There are a lot of good and bad cops. 

    I don’t have a criminal record. 

    I don’t do anything illegal. 

    People I know pay the police to harass me, it’s nothing personal. 

    The New York City police NYPD have been harassing me for my entire 40s and I’m 48. 

    The only reason I’m quickly mentioning this here is because the New York City police NYPD have billions of dollars and they wipe the floor with people in the blink of an eye. 

    The NYPD pays civilian women and men to crash into me, shove their phones in my face, blow weed and vape smoke in my face, yell at me, and many more audio, video, and phone scams. 

    For example, the NYPD has civilian women and men who don’t work for the government pick up government, law enforcement, and police phones to run scams on me, get audio they can take out of content, and try to get me kicked out of every place I go. 

    I’m keeping this email tame because it’s an email to Baruch College CUNY. 

    The New York City or Manhattan police made it very clear to me that they are going to get me kicked out of every place I go, get me kicked off public assistance, and a lot more. 

    From my experience some of the people who work for the federal, state, and city government don’t want to deal with civilians being harassed by law enforcement. 

    I don’t blame them. 

    I just wanted to let you know I’m walking on eggshells. 

    The people in charge of New York City law enforcement have billions of dollars and are some of the biggest gangsters in the city if not the biggest. 

    I’ve contacted more than 1,000 United States government offices and they won’t help. 

    I don’t blame them. 

    I’m making the best of the situation. 

    Whatever happens I’ll keep trying to elevate my life and help others. 

    There are people who have it a lot worse than me. 

    For example, people in prison getting harassed by law enforcement. 

    Once American law enforcement has you in a cage it’s a wrap. 

    Thank you and have a great day.

    Mark Pine

  • Email to Baruch College executives about NYC law enforcement harassing me.

    Greetings Baruch College,

    I always treat everyone at Baruch College respectfully no matter what. 

    I never mention NYC law enforcement harassing me to anyone at Baruch College besides the executives such as yourself when I’m asking for something. 

    In my opinion people I know are paying New York City police and law enforcement to harass me. 

    I’ve been issued more than 30 NYPD police reports with me as the victim, many during the Spring 2025 semester. 

    I’ve racked up millions of dollars in medical bills on Medicaid since I started at CUNY due to law enforcement harassing me. 

    I have the green light from the NYC Comptroller’s office to sue the NYPD and HRA. 

    I’m about to sue HRA in the next few weeks. 

    I don’t have time to sue the NYPD too. 

    HRA is more important because that’s where my food comes from. 

    I have mounds of evidence that I was being harassed during Spring 2025.

    For example: NYPD police reports, emails, phone records, medical records, etc. 

    I’m going to submit my documents to try and drop Spring 2025 with the Associate Deans office final appeal. 

    I don’t have a criminal record. 

    I don’t do anything illegal. 

    I have a 3.7 GPA with six classes left to graduate living in the street homeless getting harassed by NYC law enforcement the whole time. 

    The odds are I won’t be able to graduate due to funds although I’ll try and make the best of it like always. 

    In my opinion NYC law enforcement made me homeless and is constantly harassing me. 

    The Civilian Complaint Review Board said to contact NYPD Internal Affairs. 

    NYPD Internal Affairs blocked my phone number.

    I’m finding out soon although I suspect NYC law enforcement crippled me. 

    Ever since NYC law enforcement started harassing me and made me homeless I’m constantly waking up with things missing, cuts on my body, pain in my knee, etc. 

    I don’t need to speak with a therapist; I need money which I’m trying to make.

    Now my laptop is moving at 95% reduced speed right now compared with normal coincidentally. 

    I don’t have any money.

    When I hopefully get money it will be more difficult for law enforcement to harass me anytime they want. 

    It’s a very basic concept, no need to speak with any therapists about it.

    If I’m wealthy one day I’ll speak with therapists that I hire. 

    If anyone Google’s what members of US law enforcement have been arrested for lately: murder, child abuse, domestic violence, drug dealing, sex crimes, and much more. 

    When NYC law enforcement started harassing me and running me into the ground more than 10 years ago I was in good health. 

    I suspect that NYC law enforcement crippled me. 

    I’m having trouble walking due to my left knee. 

    I have Medicaid so I won’t find out how bad my knee is for several months or longer if/when I’m allowed to have an MRI. 

    I would not be surprised if I’m in a wheelchair living in the street homeless in the next few years. 

    I’m making the best of it.

    I’m not giving up. 

    With modern technology maybe I’ll be able to walk in the future if I get my hands on some money. 

    As always, I’m turning lemons into lemonade which is why NYC law enforcement is spending massive amounts of money out of their multi billion dollar budget harassing me. 

    For example, I’ve learned more about the government from law enforcement harassing me than the majority of Americans. 

    For example, hardly anyone votes in extremely important local elections. 

    I’m trying to raise awareness. 

    NYC law enforcement is jury tampering. 

    I’m contacting thousands of Federal and State Courts, tens of thousands of lawyers, etc., so that people can take a closer look at the jury process and make it harder for US law enforcement to cheat. 

    When I had jury duty a few months ago NYC law enforcement had women and men in regular clothes that were there for jury duty too harassing me in the courthouse. 

    With their billions of dollars law enforcement has tons of people running around off the books. 

    When their off the books civilian people get called for jury duty no one knows they work for law enforcement. 

    My phones, laptops, and tablets have been stolen more than two dozen times since I started at CUNY.

    I never mention one negative word about law enforcement to teachers or students at Baruch College. 

    I interact with the police more than almost anyone. 

    I’m at NYPD precincts every month minimum. 

    The people I know who pay law enforcement to harass me pay high level cops, not cops at precincts. 

    I have one last chance to drop my Spring 2025 schedule with the Associate Deans office. 

    I’m trying to get scholarships. 

    I’m contacting thousands of government and non government offices trying to get help. 

    I’m trying to earn money in my spare time. 

    I’m making the best of the situation, of course I’m not giving up. 

    I’m trying to elevate my life before I end up in a wheelchair because my knee is hurting bad coincidentally since law enforcement started harassing me. 

    I am now recording my laptop screen with my phone because the second I stop recording my laptop screen it freezes.

    The favicon spins and the screen is frozen. 

    Ever since law enforcement started harassing me my laptops, phones, and tablets have been stolen dozens of times, vandalized hundreds of times, and when I have them, they hardly work. 

    I can spend 12 hours per day 7 days a week contacting tech support for every one of my devices, my hotspot, etc., since law enforcement started harassing me.

    If you hear of any scholarships please let me know. 

    There is more I’d like to type although my laptop is moving so slowly I’m going to take a break for now. 

    Thank you and have a great day. 

    Mark Pine 

  • I’m trying to graduate from Baruch College.

    Greetings Baruch College,

    I always treat everyone at Baruch College politely and respectfully no matter what. 

    I would like to get all the money back from my Spring 2025 semester. 

    It all was paid by FAFSA.  

    I’ll have the documents sent over to you this week or next week latest. 

    I tried to drop my whole Spring 2025 semester with the Dean of Students office and they said no. 

    The Dean of Students office said I need to get a letter from my Medicaid doctor that I couldn’t get. 

    Then I tried to drop my Spring 2025 semester with the Associate Dean Weissman and they said no. I’m not sure why they said no. 

    I have one more appeal with the Associate Dean Weissman in September. 

    If I have to wait for that answer to request a tuition appeal please let me know. 

    The only issue with that is if I wait too long I’m going to get shut out of my Spring 2026 classes. 

    I have a massive number of medical visits (emergency room and urgent care) and NYPD police reports with me as the victim being robbed and harassed, all during the Spring 2025 semester. 

    My GPA was a 3.8 at the beginning of the Spring 2025 semester. 

    After I wasn’t allowed to drop the Spring 2025 semester, I did my best to salvage it and received a 3.4 GPA. My lowest GPA for any semester at CUNY. 

    That’s why my GPA lowered to 3.7. 

    I’ve been issued more than 30 NYPD police reports with me as the victim since I started at CUNY. 

    I was issued a few NYPD police reports during the Spring 2025 semester. I have copies of them all. 

    I suspect I’ve been robbed more than any current CUNY student, definitely top 10. 

    For example, stolen clothes, phones, tablets, laptops, backpacks, etc. 

    My mobile phone was stolen 6 separate times in 2023. 

    My phone has been stolen more than 10 times since I started at CUNY. 

    I’ve had so many laptops stolen I lost count. 

    Same thing with clothes, phone batteries, etc. 

    I have a 3.7 GPA with 6 classes left to graduate. 

    I’ve been living in the street for the last ten years on welfare. 

    I don’t have a criminal record. 

    I don’t do anything illegal. 

    I’m just living on public assistance with bad credit. 

    People I know are constantly harassing me without any legitimate reason outside of school and that has led to millions of dollars in emergency room and urgent care visits since I started at CUNY including more than ten emergency room visits during Spring 2025. 

    I’ve been to urgent cares and emergency rooms for the same reason so many times this summer so far I lost count. 

    There are a lot of normal homeless people like me, we’re just never publicized. 

    Anytime people see homeless on the news or social media they show drug addicts, alcoholics, and people breaking the law. 

    All my financial aid ran out and I can’t graduate. 

    I respect everyone’s decision, I just don’t understand why CUNY wouldn’t want to help me graduate considering my situation. 

    My plan is to use the money I receive back to take two classes during Fall 2025, two classes during Spring 2026, and two classes during Fall 2026. 

    That way no matter how much I’m harassed and however many medical visits I can still manage my studies. 

    Then I would like to attend CUNY graduate school.

    Worst case scenario I can take the two Fall 2025 classes and then I’ll have to leave school.

    I’ll have four classes left to graduate and that will be it. 

    I never mention any of this negative stuff to professors or students at Baruch College. 

    I just want to clearly make my case here so everyone involved with dropping classes and appeals knows how I landed in this situation.

    Please advise with any information you can. 

    Thank you and have a great day. 

    Mark Pine 

  • Email to Baruch College about not being about to graduate.

    Greetings Baruch College, 

    I always treat everyone at Baruch College politely, respectfully, and professionally no matter what. 

    I just wanted to follow up because once this situation reaches October 2025 I’m back in the welfare job program January 2025 because I’m not going to be able to sign up for Spring 2026 classes and I’m going to get locked out of the classes I need to graduate. 

    If you say no or don’t respond I 100% will NOT contact the Chancellor or President. 

    I would also like to contact the Weissman Dean too. 

    I will send you an email that you can approve before I send it. 

    I would like to let them know my situation just in case there is any way for me to graduate. 

    I’m going to end up with four classes left and around $6,000 short after Fall 2025. 

    My GPA is 3.7 with six classes left living in the street homeless the entire time. 

    It should be a 3.8 as stated below. 

    Not in a shelter. Not at a friends. Not at my parents. In the street on public assistance. 

    Albeit I stick to rich neighborhoods because it’s safer, nonetheless I’d rather be in an apartment than sleeping in a subway platform on the steps in Tribeca at Franklin St in 20 degrees. 

    If by some miracle I get a scholarship for $2,000 which I don’t think is going to happen that will buy me one more semester, still not enough to graduate. 

    I have some options although from my experience here I suspect in the blink of an eye it’s going to be October/November 2025 and the parties over, back to the welfare job program in January 2025. 

    Who knows the welfare job program may open its own doors and I think it will. 

    Personally, I’d rather skip the welfare job program if possible and go from CUNY to making money. 

    I just want to make my case to the Chancellor, President, and Weissman Deans office. 

    I would like last semester Spring 2025 to be refunded and applied towards future classes. 

    If it’s not possible, it’s not possible. 

    It doesn’t hurt to polietly and respectfully ask. 

    Maybe there is another way to pay. 

    That’s what I’d like to know. 

    If Fall 2025 is my last semester and I’m not going to graduate, I’ll make the best of that situation too. 

    I think people would be surprised about the decision not to allow me to drop or withdraw from Spring 2025 if they saw the medical documents I presented, my grades, and my situation. 

    People don’t even know that homeless people in school and with jobs exist. 

    Anytime homeless people are presented anywhere it’s the drug addicts, alcoholics, etc. 

    Regardless what you decide I respect everything everyone here has done for me. 

    I’m just trying to figure out a way to graduate.

    Of course, I’ve had so many medical visits since the September 2025 semester has been over, I lost count. 

    Mostly from people blowing drug smoke in my face and harassing me as usual. 

    That’s why I figured out to drop down to two classes Fall 2025, two class Spring 2026, and two classes either Summer 2026 or Fall 2026.

    Now that I figured out the strategy about how to graduate dealing with being homeless and harassed constantly, I’m trying to figure out how to fund it. 

    At some point in October or November 2025 every class I need to graduate is going to be filled. 

    I make the best out of all situations. 

    It’s all going to work out. 

    If I’m not proactive now there is no way I’m going to graduate. 

    Please advise. 

    Mark

  • $6,500 (that I don’t have) away from graduating at Baruch College CUNY.

    Greetings Baruch College,

    Thank you for the consideration and help the past several years. 

    Of course I always treat everyone at Baruch College respectfully no matter what. 

    That is more important than any of this. 

    Some people were just harassing me in the financial district and blowing drug smoke in my face. 

    I’m in the emergency room again so I have time to write.

    I’ve racked up millions of dollars in medical bills since I’ve been at CUNY. 

    It all goes to Medicaid so I’m not sure of the exact numbers. 

    I’m about $6,500 away from graduating. 

    My FAFSA ran out. 

    TAP may pay about $1,000. 

    HRA may pay about $2,000.

    That leaves about $2,000 for Fall 2025 and about $2,500 for Spring 2026. 

    If TAP works out it may be $1,500 and $2,000.

    Hopefully HRA will pay the final $2,000 for Summer 2026. 

    I’m going to apply for scholarships. 

    I’m going to get on a waiting list for a work study program.

    I’m going to hopefully get hours from RF CUNY. 

    I have a 3.7 GPA with 6 classes left. 

    It may go up to 3.8. 

    Is there any possible option to get the money to graduate that I’m missing? 

    Also, I’m politely and respectfully asking why is Baruch College blocking me from dropping my whole Spring 2025 schedule and getting the money back so I can graduate? 

    I understand rules are rules. 

    I’m politely and respectfully asking. 

    I think I meet the criteria with all my NYPD police report and medical documentation. 

    If the answer is no I’ll make the best of it like always. 

    During Spring 2025, I was going back and forth with HRA to get my subway money so many times I lost count. 

    Every time I go to HRA I have so much weed blown in my face I can’t get anything else done that day. 

    That’s one of the reasons I’ve been to urgent cares and emergency rooms so many times. 

    I had more than 24 emergency room and urgent care visits during Spring 2025. 

    My Medicaid doctor isn’t going to get involved with Baruch College. 

    I can’t get a letter from him. 

    I have the documentation from the medical visits and police reports with me as the victim. 

    In addition to that I have at least 30 NYPD police reports with me as the victim getting robbed, harassed, etc., since I’ve been at CUNY. 

    I have a PDF of more than 100 pages from NYPD headquarters 1PP that I will submit with my final request to drop Spring 2025 in September 2025. 

    I have one more appeal to try and drop my Spring 2025 schedule and try and get the money back in September or October 2025. 

    I would like to graduate if possible. 

    If it’s not possible, it’s not and I’ll make the best of it like always. 

    I just don’t see why Baruch College or CUNY can’t let me withdraw and get a refund for Spring 2025, especially with hundreds of medical visits, dozens during the Spring 2025 semester and dozens of NYPD police reports, several NYPD police reports with me as the victim during Spring 2025. 

    The NYPD always tries to make me look bad in the police reports for one reason or another, nonetheless I’m going to use the NYPD police reports in my Spring 2025 withdrawal request. 

    I’ve been living in the street homeless the whole time I’ve been at CUNY. 

    I prefer to sleep on the steps of subway platforms in rich neighborhoods because it’s safter than sleeping on the train in my opinion. 

    For example, I’ve slept on the steps of the 72 St and 2 Ave Manhattan subway platform, 86 St and 2 Ave Manhattan subway platform steps, Chambers Street Manhattan subway platform steps, City Hall, etc. 

    I shower, I wash my clothes, I don’t look homeless. 

    I’ve paid thousands of dollars in bicycle, subway, and bus tickets with my student loans. 

    My drivers license is active. 

    I don’t drink. I don’t smoke. I don’t party. I don’t do anything illegal. I don’t have any misdemeanors or felonies. 

    I just wanted to bring it to your attention that I’m going to try and drop my whole Spring 2025 semester in September and get the money back so I can graduate. 

    I had a 3.8 GPA going into Spring 2025. 

    I got a 3.4 GPA during Spring 2025 which brought my GPA down to 3.7. 

    I should have been resting due to everything that led up to the massive number of medical visits. 

    When I was rejected multiple times to drop the Spring 2025 semester, I did my best to salvage it. 

    I respect that everyone has their own issues and everyone is equal. 

    With that being said there aren’t too many people who would want to trade places with me if anyone. 

    I contacted FAS, Bursar, Registrar, CUNY Edge, BOSS, Student Life, etc. 

    I’ll contact them again as it gets closer. 

    I suspect that I’m going to run out of funds at the end of December 2025. 

    At that time I’ll have 4 classes left to graduate. 

    BIO 1011, BIO 1012, MAT 2140, and a JRN internship. 

    I plan on taking 2 classes for the next 3 semesters ending Summer 2026. 

    Hopefully accredited investors give me millions of dollars for my startups and none of this will matter. 

    It’s happened before with Baruch College and CUNY students. 

    I can’t rely on that so I’d like to graduate if possible and go to CUNY graduate school. 

    Going back to the public assistance job program may be a good thing, who knows. 

    Please let me know if I missed any options to get the remaining funds to graduate or if you have guidance pertaining to this financial situation. 

    Thank you and have a great day. 

    Mark Pine 

    I always treat everyone at Baruch College with the utmost respect at all times. 

    That includes Baruch College staff, professors, security guards, and students. 

    Treating people at Baruch College and CUNY respectfully is more important than anything. 

    I never partake in any controversial conversations at Baruch College under any circumstances. 

    When I’m at Baruch College, I never say anything controversial, not even close. 

    I would never say anything that could upset anyone at Baruch College. 

    I would never make a negative comment about anything at Baruch College.