Queens College Title IX Lawyer: Respondent Defense Guide in Flushing

This page is for Queens College students, and their parents, who have been contacted by the college’s Title IX office about an allegation of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking or other sexual misconduct. If you are looking for a Queens College Title IX lawyer, it helps to know first which campus offices are involved and what each one does. This page covers those offices. The CUNY-wide process, which applies at every CUNY college, is on our CUNY Title IX lawyer page. In this page, “respondent” means the student who is accused.

The Queens College Title IX Office

Queens College runs Title IX through the Office of Compliance and Diversity (OCD). The Title IX page is on the OCD’s pages, and the college’s main menu lists Compliance & Diversity under Administration. CUNY’s Title IX contacts table lists the Title IX Coordinator, who also holds the title Director of Investigation. The same table lists a Chief Diversity Officer under Diversity & HR.

The Title IX page does not name deputy coordinators or investigators by title. It also does not give a building or room for the office.

What the office handles

The Title IX page says the office “receives and responds to incident reports and matters of concern”. It says the office also documents and tracks all investigative materials, conducts investigations, and provides interim accommodations and measures, both academic and personal. It covers sexual misconduct, assault, stalking, harassment and domestic violence for students, staff, faculty and visitors. The page adds that the office identifies and addresses patterns or systemic challenges that reports, incidents or investigations reveal.

How a Matter Starts at Queens College

The Title IX Coordinator route

The Title IX page is written mainly for the person making a report. It tells that person to contact the Title IX Coordinator, review the Intake Form and gather evidence. It lists three goals for the initial Title IX interview: make sure the person is safe from further harm, collect information about the incident, and tell the person about available supportive measures.

The page says supportive measures are individualized services meant to ensure safety, prevent retaliation and avoid an ongoing hostile environment. It says they are available “regardless of whether you decide to move forward with an investigation or resolution”. The measures it lists include counseling, health services, course-related adjustments, campus escort services, changes to class, work or housing, leaves of absence and increased security. Another item on the list is “Mutual restrictions on contact between you and the alleged offender”. The page says this list is not exhaustive and that not every measure fits every case.

Public Safety and the college’s incident forms

The Dean of Students page says that in an emergency on campus, Public Safety is the first point of contact. The Student Conduct page says that anyone filing a student conduct complaint “must first do so with our Office of Public Safety”. It also describes an online Public Incident Report and a Student Concern Form. Separately, the Dean of Students page describes an Online CARE Report for the Care and Concern Team, which handles less urgent situations and decides what level of intervention is needed.

None of these forms is described as the Title IX intake route. The college’s pages do not say how a sexual misconduct report made through Public Safety or an incident form reaches the Title IX Coordinator.

After a report

The Title IX page describes the initial interview and the supportive measures above. Under CUNY’s policy, the Title IX Coordinator evaluates the allegations, decides whether the matter is on the Title IX Sexual Harassment track or the non-Title IX Sexual Misconduct track, and investigates. The Student Conduct page describes a separate conduct process (below), which CUNY’s Bylaws do not use for sexual misconduct allegations.

Queens College Student Affairs and Student Conduct Offices

Chief Student Affairs Officer

CUNY’s contacts table lists the Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management as Queens College’s Chief Student Affairs Officer. Under CUNY’s policy, the college’s Office of Student Affairs sends the Notice of Hearing on the Title IX track. The Chief Student Affairs Officer issues No Contact Orders for students and, when either party is a student, receives written requests to review supportive measures, including No Contact Orders. On the non-Title IX track, if the College President decides discipline is warranted, a student matter is referred to the Chief Student Affairs Officer, who may prefer charges.

Dean of Students

The Office of the Dean of Students is in the Student Union, Room 327. Its page says it manages campus non-academic and academic misconduct processes and supports students. It works with the Counseling Center, Judicial Affairs, The Summit Apartments, Public Safety and academic departments. The Dean of Students chairs the Care and Concern Team and the page lists a Judicial Officer, who is also the Academic Integrity Officer.

Student Conduct and Judicial Affairs

The page is titled Office of Student Conduct and Service Learning. Its mission statement calls the office the Office of Community Standards and Civic Engagement, and its process refers to the Office of Judicial Affairs. It describes this process for conduct complaints:

• A complaint is filed and the Office of Judicial Affairs reviews it.
• The office summons all participants to discuss the allegations.
• Mediation is attempted when it applies, and it does not apply to all cases.
• If the accused student cannot mediate, the matter goes to the Faculty-Student Disciplinary Committee.

That is the CUNY Bylaws Article XV process. Article XV, Section 15.4 says sexual misconduct allegations follow the procedures in the CUNY policy instead. Article XV still governs other student conduct matters.

The Student Conduct page lists Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, the Dean of Students, Public Safety and Compliance and Diversity (Title IX) as important offices and partners. It does not describe how the offices hand a matter to one another.

Queens College Title IX Documents and Pages

• Title IX page (OCD). It refers to Section VIII of CUNY’s Policy on Sexual Misconduct for supportive measures. Its menu also links a document labeled CUNY Policy on Sex-Based Misconduct, with no year shown.
• Title IX and Enough Is Enough page (OCD). It describes New York’s Enough is Enough law, established in July 2015. The same menu links the CUNY Policy on Sex-Based Misconduct.
• Student Conduct page. It posts the Henderson Rules (Code of Conduct), the Article XV bylaws and the Academic Integrity Policy.

The CUNY Policy on Sex-Based Misconduct is the 2024 policy. Both Queens College Title IX pages still link it. CUNY’s 2020 Policy on Sexual Misconduct is the policy CUNY applies to open and future Title IX matters. The 2020 version took effect August 14, 2020, and applies to conduct alleged to have occurred on or after that date. Earlier conduct is handled under the version in effect when it occurred. On the Title IX track, your written notice must include CUNY’s Policy on Sexual Misconduct.

Support at Queens College

Counseling Services

Counseling Services is in Frese Hall, first floor, reception area. Licensed psychologists, certified social workers, licensed professional counselors and supervised interns offer individual counseling, groups and referrals. The page says sessions are “free and confidential” for currently enrolled Queens College students. Exceptions are danger to self or others, child abuse and elder abuse. Reasons listed for visiting include sexual assault or harassment, interpersonal violence, anxiety, depression and life crisis. After hours, a hotline run with ProtoCall Services offers crisis support, and the page also lists NYC 988 and 911.

Health Services

The Health Services page lists the office on the 3rd floor of Frese Hall. A note on the same page says the Health Services Center has been temporarily relocated to Student Union 327 (3rd floor), the same room the Dean of Students page gives for its office. The page does not say whether visits are confidential.

Public Safety, Dean of Students and the Care and Concern Team

The Office of Public Safety operates around the clock. Its page does not say whether reports to Public Safety are confidential. The Care and Concern Team supports students facing challenges such as anxiety, erratic behavior, substance use and adjustment difficulties.

Resources for survivors, and what a respondent can use

The Title IX and Enough Is Enough page describes rape crisis programs funded across New York State. It says they provide student victims with advocacy, counseling, case management and safety planning. Those are identified as services for student survivors. Counseling Services is open to any currently enrolled student.

The Title IX page also says CUNY and Queens College prohibit retaliation. It says the prohibition applies to complainants, respondents and others, such as friends or relatives of the parties.

Practical Steps for a Queens College Respondent

• Read who sent each message: the OCD (Title IX), Student Affairs, or Judicial Affairs in Student Conduct.
• Ask the Title IX Coordinator in writing which track (Title IX Sexual Harassment or non-Title IX Sexual Misconduct) and which version of CUNY’s policy applies, if your notice does not say.
• Send requests for supportive measures to the Title IX Coordinator.
• Send written requests to review supportive measures, or to review a No Contact Order, to the Chief Student Affairs Officer, the Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management.
• Keep every notice, message and form you receive from the OCD, Student Affairs, Student Conduct and Public Safety, with the dates.
• Remember that the Title IX office documents and tracks investigative materials. Counseling Services is the office the college describes as confidential.

Related pages: New York Title IX lawyer, how Title IX hearings work and consequences of a Title IX violation.

The CUNY Process in Brief

Every CUNY college, including Queens College, applies the CUNY Policy on Sexual Misconduct, which has two tracks: Title IX Sexual Harassment and non-Title IX Sexual Misconduct. The college Title IX Coordinator evaluates the allegations, decides the track and investigates. A Title IX Sexual Harassment complaint that is not dismissed or resolved ends in a live hearing before a three-member Adjudication Committee, and the college Office of Student Affairs sends the Notice of Hearing. On the non-Title IX track, the Title IX Coordinator’s report goes to the College President, who decides whether discipline is warranted. If so, the President refers a student matter to the Chief Student Affairs Officer, who may prefer charges. Each party may have an advisor of choice, who may be an attorney. Our CUNY Title IX lawyer page explains the full process.

Frequently Asked Questions About Queens College Title IX Cases

Which Queens College office will contact me?

A Title IX contact comes from the Title IX office in the Office of Compliance and Diversity, led by the Title IX Coordinator. On the Title IX track, the written notice comes from the Title IX Coordinator. If the matter reaches a hearing, the Office of Student Affairs sends the Notice of Hearing.

Is the Title IX office confidential?

Queens College’s Title IX page does not describe the office as confidential. It says the office documents and tracks all investigative materials. Counseling Services is the office the college describes as free and confidential, with stated exceptions.

Where can I get confidential support on campus?

Counseling Services in Frese Hall, first floor, offers counseling to currently enrolled students. The page says sessions are free and confidential, except where there is danger to self or others, child abuse or elder abuse. After hours, the page directs students to a ProtoCall crisis line, NYC 988 or 911.

Who issues a No Contact Order at Queens College?

Under CUNY’s policy, the college’s Chief Student Affairs Officer issues No Contact Orders for students. At Queens College, CUNY’s contacts table lists that role as the Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management. Requests for supportive measures go to the Title IX Coordinator, and written requests to review them go to the Chief Student Affairs Officer.

Can a lawyer be my advisor?

Yes. Each party may have an advisor of choice, who may be an attorney. At a Title IX hearing only advisors cross-examine, and the college provides one for that purpose if a party has none.

Which policy applies to my case?

CUNY applies its 2020 Policy on Sexual Misconduct to open and future Title IX matters, for conduct alleged to have occurred on or after August 14, 2020. Queens College pages still link the 2024 CUNY Policy on Sex-Based Misconduct. On the Title IX track, your written notice must include CUNY’s Policy on Sexual Misconduct; if it does not say which version applies, ask the Title IX Coordinator in writing.

Sources (checked 2026-10-03)

• Queens College Title IX Policy/Sexual Misconduct
• Queens College Title IX and Enough Is Enough
• Queens College Student Conduct
• Queens College Dean of Students
• Queens College Counseling Services
• Queens College Public Safety
• CUNY Policy on Sexual Misconduct
• CUNY Combating Sexual Misconduct (Title IX), including Title IX campus contacts

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 Queens College. Policies change; confirm the current procedure text before acting.