It is the successor publication of the New York State Mathematics Newsletter for Two Year Colleges,[3] first published by the New York State Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges (NYSMATYC) in 1967, and renamed the NYSMATYC Journal in 1969 and the Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges Journal in 1970. In 1973, the NYSMATYC re-started another newsletter, separate from the journal.[4]