A City College Title IX lawyer can help a CCNY student respondent in Harlem navigate the campus reporting offices, the CUNY investigation process, and the hearing with attention to each deadline.
The City College of New York follows the system-wide CUNY Policy on Sexual Misconduct. The current campus compliance hub places the Chief Compliance and Title IX office in the H. Wille Administration Building, phone 212-650-6310, and links both the 2020 based Policy on Sexual Misconduct and a 2024 Sex Based Misconduct policy. Because of that overlap, confirm in writing whether your matter runs as Title IX or Non-Title IX, and under which policy version, before assuming the latest posted text controls. Hearing background is at how do Title IX hearings work.
Intake and reporting at City College
Reports go to the campus Title IX Coordinator in the H. Wille Administration Building at 160 Convent Avenue, phone 212-650-6310. The CUNY directory also lists a dedicated Title IX investigator on campus, a trained office to approach with supportive measures and filing questions. Campus Public Safety and student affairs leadership sit on the same Convent Avenue campus and handle urgent safety needs alongside any Title IX matter.
The disciplinary track needs a signed Formal Complaint alleging Title IX Sexual Harassment and requesting investigation, by document, email, or online form with a physical or digital signature. Where the first report falls short, the Coordinator must explain how to file, and may sign a complaint for safety reasons. Without one within a reasonable time, the matter may be closed, with later filing still allowed.
Supportive measures reach both sides from the start, with or without a complaint, and are non-disciplinary and non-punitive. Standard options include counseling, course adjustments, escort, mutual contact restrictions, and schedule or housing changes. The hub links a Title IX Confidential Counselor and the Counseling Center, so confirm which service is confidential before disclosing. Written challenges to measures that directly affect a party are decided within seven policy days. Emergency removal needs exceptional circumstances, an individualized safety and risk analysis, and notice with a prompt challenge chance. From the beginning, preserve messages, photos, location records, and witness names, avoid contact with the other party, and engage an advisor before the first interview. First steps are at after you have been accused.
Day counts in this guide mean policy days. A policy day is a calendar day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or a federal or state holiday.
Investigation: how the record is built
The Coordinator investigates promptly, thoroughly, and impartially, interviewing parties and witnesses with relevant information and reviewing documents and evidence. The college carries the burden of proof and of gathering sufficient evidence, while both sides may submit evidence, propose witnesses, and suggest questions. An advisor of choice, including an attorney, may attend every meeting, with reasonable advance written notice of each.
Two review windows protect respondents. Before the report is finalized, both sides receive the directly related evidence, including material the college will not rely on, and have ten policy days to respond in writing. At least ten policy days before any hearing, each side receives the finished report and may file a written response shared with the committee and the other party. Title IX investigations target completion within 120 policy days, with written notice of delays and reasons. Medical records stay out without voluntary written consent. The standard is preponderance of the evidence, or more likely than not, with a presumption of non-responsibility. Investigation guidance is at title-ix-investigation.
Hearing and advisor: who asks the questions
Finished Title IX investigations go to a live hearing, targeted within sixty policy days after investigation, in person or by video keeping everyone visible and audible. A three member Adjudication Committee from the CUNY-wide panel decides, with no member sitting on a home campus case. Student cases combine a faculty member or administrator with a student member under a chairperson.
Both sides get at least seven policy days written notice at the CUNY email address and mailing address on record, with itemized allegations and possible penalties. Each party may take one adjournment of reasonable length without explanation, with further requests at least five policy days early at the chair’s discretion.
Only advisors cross-examine, putting all relevant questions including credibility challenges orally and in real time, while parties never question each other directly. The chair rules on relevance before each answer and explains exclusions. A party arriving without an advisor is provided one for cross-examination, and respondents may remain silent without adverse inference. A printed passage barring reliance on statements that skip cross-examination was revoked by a 2021 revision appended to the policy under a federal court order, so admissible statements may now be weighed regardless. Advisor roles are at title-ix-advisor.
Sanctions for City College student respondents
Findings apply preponderance to the report, testimony, and hearing evidence. Student penalties range from warning through suspension or expulsion from CUNY, and a suspension of one term or more bars the respondent from every other CUNY unit while it runs. The written determination is due within fifteen policy days after the hearing, or twenty policy days with multiple parties, and must state findings, policy application, sanctions, complainant remedies, and appeal rights. Suspension or expulsion adds a transcript notation of that outcome after a code of conduct finding. Leaving City College mid-case does not end the matter. The student is barred from other CUNY units until resolution, carries a pending charges transcript note, and may be heard in absentia. Broader consequences are at consequences of a Title IX violation.
Appeals
Either party may appeal the determination or penalty to the University Title IX Director within fifteen policy days after delivery. Grounds are procedural irregularity affecting the outcome, new evidence unavailable at the hearing that could affect the outcome, conflict of interest or bias affecting the outcome, and disproportionate penalty. The other side is notified within five policy days and has fifteen policy days to respond, and the Appeal Committee decides in writing within fifteen policy days after that window. Dismissals carry their own five-policy-day appeal, and the Coordinator pauses rerouting until it is decided. Appeal routes are at title-ix appeals.
Respondent checklist for City College cases
- Confirm your track in writing, Title IX or Non-Title IX.
- Retain an advisor before the first interview, with five policy days notice for an attorney at the hearing.
- Request supportive measures through the Wille Administration Building Title IX office, and challenge adverse measures in writing.
- Preserve messages, photos, location records, and witness names, plus a dated timeline.
- Use both ten-policy-day review windows, responding first to the evidence and then to the report.
- Prepare cross-examination topics with your advisor and review the exhibits on arrival.
- Diary the fifteen-policy-day appeal deadline and request the hearing recording at once.
CCNY cases run through the campus Title IX office under system-wide CUNY rules. Contact us to discuss your notice and what comes next.
FAQ
Where do I report at City College?
The campus Title IX office in the H. Wille Administration Building at 160 Convent Avenue, phone 212-650-6310, handles reports and Formal Complaints for CCNY students.
Can I bring a lawyer?
Any advisor of choice, attorney or not, may attend every stage. Only advisors cross-examine, and the college supplies one for that role if you have none.
What must the college prove?
That a violation more likely than not occurred, with evidence gathering on the college and a presumption of non-responsibility until the end.
What sanctions do CCNY student respondents face?
Warning through suspension or expulsion from CUNY, with transcript notation for suspension or expulsion and exclusion from other CUNY units during longer suspensions.
How do I appeal?
File a written Notice of Appeal with the University Title IX Director within fifteen policy days after the determination arrives, citing a permitted ground.
Sources (checked 2026-09-22)
- CUNY Policy on Sexual Misconduct: Formal Complaint, investigation, hearing, sanctions, appeal
- CCNY Office of Compliance and Diversity hub: current Title IX office, phone, confidential counselor and policy links; old campus titleix path returns 404 and the campus Title IX page routes to the CUNY system hub
- CUNY Combating Sexual Misconduct hub: system directory with campus investigator and safety contacts
- CUNY Policy on Sexual Misconduct, 2021 update: campus-linked policy text with cross-examination revision
- CUNY complaint filing system: campus-linked Formal Complaint filing route
- CUNY Article XV bylaws: student disciplinary framework
- CUNY Students Bill of Rights: Article 129-B rights including advisor of choice
Disclaimer
This page is general information only, not legal advice, and reading it creates no attorney-client relationship. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the City University of New York or the City College of New York. Policies change; confirm the current procedure text before acting.
