PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Kori Edens, Member of the Public
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Kori Edens, a member of the public, provided testimony criticizing CUNY's administration and practices, particularly at Hunter College. She expressed concerns about corruption, mistreatment of students, and issues with the complaint process.
- Edens claimed CUNY preys on vulnerable populations of working-class students of color.
- She mentioned submitting a complaint to the Newark Office of Civil Rights, which was deemed valid but not timely.
- Edens questioned the independence of Hunter College's compliance agency, King Compliance Services LLC.
Kori Edens
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Hi.
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My name is Cori Edens.
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CUNY is an affordable institution for a majority of these students.
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The majority of these students are working class people of color and first generation.
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And my experiences in powerful administrative positions at the university do not support our youth, but rather prey on this vulnerable population.
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I am shocked by the rampant corruption that exists in CUNY's rigged system of higher education and ask that New York City council members individually and as a body join US presidential candidates and New York City mayoral candidates running in this cycle to ask for a public meeting between chancellor Matos Rodriguez
Eric Dinowitz
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Can I pause you?
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I just wanna remind you the topic of today's hearing is about the Littmann Commission Report, and your comments should be related to Yep.
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I'll get there.
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Okay.
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Just wanna make sure.
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Thank you.
Kori Edens
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And, Hunter College president Nancy Nancy Kanter with myself and Ed really to discuss specifics related to our issues.
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I just wanna get to Hunter College and CUNY never responded to pending issues when never responds to pending issues when it is to their benefit and also set up scenarios to personally antagonize students to elicit angry responses for them to be used as legal evidence, a tactic often used among corporate attorneys.
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Additionally, the institution attacks students' mental sanity as a means of justifying their abusive responses towards students.
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I and every other used and abused student I've been able to track down despite their attempts to block my 4 year request to find more have been victims of this scandalous behavior.
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I have submitted a complaint to the Newark Office of Civil Rights, and they have said that while I have a valid claim, I was it was not timely, and thus no action can be taken because of the institution's tactic of not responding in a timely manner.
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Hunter College hires outside compliant an outside compliance agency, King Compliance Services LLC, directed by Maura King, who, as an attorney, has over 2 decades working in the financial investment industries.
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How can the same body responsible for hiring the compliance agency be trusted so as not to influence a process designed to bring about accountability?
