The Office of Legal & Compliance is the in-house legal office for New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York. In conjunction with CUNY's Office of the General Counsel, we provide legal counsel, representation and oversight of work on a wide variety of matters affecting City Tech. The office is located on the third floor of the Namm Building.
The Office of Legal & Compliance only handles college-related matters.
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Katherine Raymond began serving as City Tech's College Counsel in January 2022. As College Counsel, Kathy provides a wide variety of legal services and support to the College administration; works to ensure the College's compliance with federal, state and city laws and University policies; and serves as the College's Records Access Officer, Ethics Officer and Conflict Officer, among other things.
Kathy came to City Tech after working for 29 years in the University's Office of the General Counsel, where she held a senior supervisory position focusing on labor and employment hearings and policy, student educational rights, litigation and higher education law. In that position, Kathy provided guidance to senior administrators and the campuses on some of the most sensitive and difficult legal issues faced by the University and worked on drafting and revising numerous University policies. From approximately 2015 until January 2022, Kathy co-chaired CUNY's Technology Accessibility Task Force, working with Central Office and college representatives to make technology accessible to those with disabilities.
Before her employment at CUNY, Kathy worked as an in-house counsel in the NBC Legal Department, and as an associate at two large New York City law firms. She is a graduate of Barnard College and the Harvard Law School.
