Exclusive | Condemned CUNY chancellor Felix Matos Rodriguez to keep job, despite rumors and anti-Israel violence

The controversial chancellor of CUNY will continue to run the largest public urban university in the US — despite criticism over anti-Israel protests that have plagued its campuses, including Brooklyn College, The Post has learned.CUNY’s Board of Trustees recently conducted a job performance review of Felix Matos Rodriguez, who nabbed the gig in 2019, and gave him a thumbs-up to continue overseeing 25 campuses and institutions, including 11 senior colleges, seven community colleges, and seven graduate, honors, and professional schools, sources said.“He’s staying,” CUNY board chairman Bill Thompson told The Post.Another CUNY official, using Matos Rodriguez’s nickname, said, “Felo has considerable support on the board.He’s not going anywhere.”Sources said Matos Rodriguez received high marks for steering CUNY through the COVID-19 pandemic that preceded the heated Gaza-related campus demonstrations.The latest protest at Brooklyn College last Thursday saw anti-Israel student agitators brawl with cops after they set up a tent encampment — with one officer being forced to fire a Taser to subdue a violent protester.At least 14 people were taken into custody during the melee, the NYPD said.A bipartisan group of nine New York City and state lawmakers condemned the chancellor in a scathing letter following the violence, demanding that Brooklyn College take swift action.“It is unacceptable but not surprising that almost two years after October 7th — after an investigation into CUNY and several public hearings — we are still grappling with disruptive and criminal behavior against Jewish students, encampments and masked agitators on campus,” read the letter, obtained exclusively by The Post.One of the signers, Councilmember Inna Vernikov, went so far as to call on the chancellor to resign if he didn’t sort out the chaos.“There are only two ways to end the pro-terror anarchy that has infested our campuses: for the CUNY Chancellor to either step up ...