City University of New York, The
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- Date:
- 1961 - present
- Areas Of Involvement:
- public education
- Notable Alumni:
- Bernie Madoff Samuel R. Delany Harvey Pitt Annette Kolodny
City University of New York, The, system of higher education institutions in New York, New York, U.S. It was created in 1961 to combine New York City’s municipally supported colleges (now numbering 21, including the CUNY Baccalaureate Program). The university includes the Graduate School and University Center, New York’s four original liberal arts colleges (City College of New York [CCNY], Hunter College, Brooklyn College, and Queens College), six other four-year colleges, a four-year technical college, a law school, and six two-year community colleges; in addition, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine is affiliated with CUNY. The four-year institutions are largely ...(100 of 443 words)