The council, commonly known on campus as the SSC, considers matters in which the interests, rights, or responsibilities of students are involved and brings concerns to the attention of the NYU administration and to the University Senate.
The SSC still exists, although it was removed from its position as chief deliberative body into a more parallel role with the newly minted Presidents Council.
During the Fall of 2001, SSC's UCSL coordinated a "We Stand Together" campaign that raised over $52,000 to benefit families of fallen firefighters from September 11, 2001 attacks.
[2] The SSC was also involved in the Graduate Student Organizing Committee unionization in 2001[3] and subsequent strike in 2005.
[4] On November 3, 2005 the University Senate, based on a recommendation from the SSC's UCSL, passed a resolution for a campus-wide ban on the sale of products produced by the Coca-Cola Company.