N.Y. Educ. Law § 6203

§ 6203. City university of New York. The separate and distinct body\ncorporate designated as the board of higher education in the city of New\nYork shall be continued and shall hereinafter be known as the city\nuniversity of New York. The city university shall have the powers and\nprivileges of colleges and shall be subject to the visitation of the\nregents of the university of the state of New York. The city university\nshall have the care, custody, control, and management of the lands,\ngrounds, buildings, facilities and equipment used for the purposes of\nthe educational units of the city university and it shall have the power\nto protect, preserve and improve the same. Each existing unit of the\ncity university shall be given an appropriate and distinctive\ndesignation.\n