The City University of New York (CUNY) was organized in 1961 as the umbrella institution of the municipal colleges of the City of New York. It includes:
Original colleges incorporated into CUNY:
Brooklyn College
City College
Hunter College
Queens College
Colleges formerly included in the above, now separate institutions:
Baruch College (formerly the downtown campus of City College)
Lehman College (formerly the Bronx campus of Hunter College)
Newly created institutions:
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
College of Staten Island
York College
Medgar Evers College
New York Technical College
Two-year colleges:
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Bronx Community College--located on the original New York University Campus.
Hostos Community College
Kingsborough Community College
LaGuardia Community College
Queensborough Community College
CUNY has a graduate School as well as a medical school and a law school.
