Graduate Center Statement of Nondiscrimination
The City University of New York, located in a historically diverse municipality, is committed to engendering values and implementing policies that will enhance respect for individuals and their cultures. The University believes that, in order truly to benefit from this diversity, the University must foster tolerance, sensitivity and mutual respect among all members of its community. Efforts to promote diversity and to combat bigotry are an inextricable part of the educational mission of the University. Diversity among the University's many members strengthens the institution, promotes the exchange of new ideas, and enriches campus life. The University does not condone and will not tolerate discrimination in employment or in its educational programs and activities. The City University of New York continues to recognize the important need to maintain at each campus equal access and opportunity for qualified students, faculty and staff from all ethnic and racial groups and from both sexes.
It is the policy of The City University of New York and the constituent colleges and units of The University to recruit, employ, retain, promote, and provide benefits to employees and to admit and provide services for students without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, legally registered domestic partnership status, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, alienage, citizenship, military or veteran status, or status as a victim of domestic violence. Sexual harassment, a form of sex discrimination, is prohibited under the University's Policy Against Sexual Harassment.
The City University of New York, as a public university system, adheres to federal, state, and city laws and regulations regarding non-discrimination and affirmative action including. among others, Executive Order 11246, as amended, the Civil Rights Law of 1866, Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 402 of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the New York State Human Rights Law. The New York State Civil Rights Law, and the New York City Human Rights Law. The "protected classes", as delineated in Executive Order 11246 (Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaskan Native and Women), were expanded on December 9, 1976 by the Chancellor of The City University of New York to include Italian-Americans.
Should any federal, state, or city law or regulation be adopted that prohibits discrimination based on grounds or characteristics not included in this policy, this policy shall be read to prohibit discrimination based on those grounds or characteristics, as well. The President of each constituent college of the University, the Senior Vice Chancellor at the Central Office, and the Dean of the Law School shall have ultimate responsibility for overseeing compliance with this Policy at his or her respective unit of the University.
The City University of New York is committed to addressing discrimination complaints promptly, consistently and fairly. There shall be an employment discrimination complaint procedure administered by each unit of the University. Students who believe they have been discriminated against in violation of this Policy should bring their complaints to the Chief Student Affairs Officer for investigation by the officer or his or her designee in accordance with this Policy. Retaliation against any member of the University community who has made a complaint of discrimination is prohibited. Effective: July 1, 2006.
CONTACTS
Affirmative Action Officer: Edith Rivera , Room 7301; 212-817-7400
504/ADA/Title IX Coordinator: Vice President for Student Affairs Matthew Schoengood, Room 7301; 212-817-7400
Ombuds Officer: Professor Rolf Meyersohn, Room 7313; 212-817-7191
Assistant Vice President for Human Resources: Yosette Jones Johnson, Room 8403; 212-817-7700
GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
New York District Office
33 Whitehall Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10004
212 -336-3620 or 1-800-669-4000
www.eeoc.gov
NYS Division of Human Rights
One Fordham Plaza
Bronx, NY 10458
718-741-8459
TDD 718-741 8304
NYC Commission on Human Rights
40 Rector Street
New York NY 10006
212-306-7500
TDD 212-306 7686
Office for Civil Rights, Region II
32 Old Slip 26th Floor
New York, NY 10005
646-428-3800
OCR_NewYork@ed.gov
