This report reviews the major problems facing New York community colleges and presents the recommendations of a Committee of the State University of New York Board of Trustees. The nature and range of problems were clustered in three areas: provision of adequate funding and opportunities for optimum resource utilization; clarification of the roles and interrelationships of local sponsors, local trustees, and the state; and accountability in programmatic areas. In light of the fiscal exigiencies faced by the state and of the needs of the community colleges, the Committee recommended: (1) that programmatic funding recognizing differential program costs be adopted to provide equitable resource allocation and improved management planning; (2) that guidelines for program approval and retention be developed and implemented; (3) that Educational Opportunity Programs be reaffirmed and strengthened; (4) that no new regulations governing terms of service for local trustees be adopted; (5) that guidelines for community college presidential search committees be established; (6) that a management information system for collective bargaining be developed; (7) that an equitable tuition policy for part-time students be established; and (8) that regional admissions policies for high demand restricted-access programs be considered. State support formulas, a draft mission statement, guidelines for the presidential search process, and community college statistical data are appended. (JDS)