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{{Short description|Technical college in Brooklyn, New York}}
{{distinguish|New York Institute of Technology}}
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 | established            = 1946 (as New York State Institute for Applied Arts and Sciences)
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 | type                   = [[Public college]]
 | parent                 = [[City University of New York]]
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 | endowment              = $12 million<ref>[http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/cuny-tech-2696], ''[[U.S. News & World Report]] America's Best Colleges'', rankingsandreviews.com</ref>
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The '''New York City College of Technology''' ('''City Tech''') is a [[public college]] in [[New York City]]. Founded in 1946, it is the [[City University of New York]]'s college of technology.  Its main urban campus is located in [[Downtown Brooklyn]].

==History==
City Tech was founded in 1946 as '''The New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences'''. The urgent mission at the time was to provide training to [[G.I.|GIs]] returning from the [[Second World War]] and to provide New York with the technically proficient workforce it would need to thrive in the emerging post-war economy. From its beginnings as an Institute—to being chartered as a community college—and subsequently transitioning to senior college status during the 1980s—it has grown from serving 246 students in 1946, to a population today of more than 30,000 degree and non-degree seeking students.

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[[File:(King1893NYC) pg280 NEW-YORK TRADE-SCHOOL, FIRST AVENUE, 67TH AND 68TH STREETS.jpg|thumb|(King1893NYC) pg280 New-York Trade-School, 1893]]
[[File:SocialScienceClass, at city tech, Feb 1950.jpg|thumbnail|Social science class with Professor John Graves, at globe, who became executive director of the institute's Franklin Hall Annex in February 1950.]]
[[File:Us Air Force,at city tech, Sept 1951.jpg|thumbnail|Professor Herman Wald with U.S. Air Force 3310th School Squadron dental laboratory technology class in 1951.]]

==Academics==
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Undergraduate demographics as of Fall 2023<ref>{{cite web |title= College Scorecard: CUNY New York City College of Technology|url=https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?190655-CUNY-New-York-City-College-of-Technology|website=College Scorecard |publisher=[[United States Department of Education]] |access-date=August 17, 2025}}</ref>
|-
! Race and ethnicity
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|36|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|27|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|21|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|9|%|2||background:cyan}}
|-
| [[International student]]
|align=right| {{bartable|4|%|2||background:#008080}}
|-
| [[Multiracial Americans|Two or more races]]
|align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:violet}}
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|American Indian]]/[[Alaska Native]]
|align=right| {{bartable|1|%|2||background:yellow}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|58|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|42|%|2||background:black}}
|}

City Tech has an enrollment of more than 14,000 students in 58 [[Bachelor's degree|baccalaureate]] and [[associate degree|associate]] degree programs including several engineering technology fields as well as [[architecture]], [[construction]], nursing, hospitality management, entertainment technology, dental hygiene, vision care technology, technology teacher training and paralegal training. Non-degree continuing education is also offered, and serves approximately 5,000 students each year. City Tech is [[Higher education accreditation in the United States|accredited]] by the [[Middle States Commission on Higher Education]].

The college's academics are organized into three schools:
* School of Technology and Design
* School of Professional Studies
* School of Arts and Sciences

===Library===
The college hired its first library director in 1957.<ref name=Schwerin>{{citation |url=https://library.citytech.cuny.edu/about/mission/index.php |title=Mission & History |author=CityTech Library |work=Citytech.cuny.edu |access-date= July 24, 2018 |quote=Ursula C. Schwerin Library }}</ref> The current college library building went up around 1987.<ref name=Schwerin /> In 2012, the library staff adopted an [[open-access policy]] to make its members' professional research [[open access|publicly accessible]] online.<ref>{{cite journal |url= http://roarmap.eprints.org/847/ |title= Ursula C. Schwerin Library, New York City College of Technology, CUNY |journal=ROARMAP: Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies |date= 15 September 2015 |publisher=[[University of Southampton]] |location=UK |access-date= July 24, 2018 }}</ref>

==Campus==
<!-- Commented out: [[File:City Tech's new building.jpg|thumbnail|A rendering of a new City Tech building]] -->
[[File:City Tech - Building (48228107727).jpg|thumbnail|Namm Hall (left), The Atrium (bottom center), and Pearl St. Building (right) at City Tech campus]]
[[File:City Tech - Academic Building (48228106317).jpg|thumb|right|Academic Building at the corner of Tillary and Jay Streets]]
[[File:The Voorhees building Night 2014.jpg|thumbnail|The Voorhees Building]]

City Tech occupies seven buildings within [[Downtown Brooklyn]]'s Tech Triangle, the [[MetroTech Center|MetroTech]] Business Improvement District, and [[DUMBO, Brooklyn|DUMBO]]. College Administration and Offices, the Ursula C. Schwerin Library, the School of Professional Studies, and the School of Arts & Sciences are primarily based in a complex formed by the Namm, Library (formerly Atrium), General, and Pearl buildings in MetroTech (300 Jay Street). The School of Technology & Design is primarily based in Voorhees Hall in DUMBO.

A [[supertall]] skyscraper designed by [[Renzo Piano]]—which would have been known as '''City Tech Tower''', with 65 floors for the college and 600 units of housing<ref name="Curb">{{Cite web|title=Piano Plays Brooklyn With Downtown Tower|date=27 November 2007 |url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2007/11/27/piano_plays_brooklyn_with_downtown_tower.php|publisher=Curbed|access-date=2007-12-24}}</ref>—was proposed, but scrapped.<ref>{{Cite web|title=City Tech Tower|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=citytechtower-newyorkcity-ny-usa|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728212047/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=citytechtower-newyorkcity-ny-usa|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 28, 2012|publisher=Emporis.com|access-date=2008-03-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=City Tech Tower Actually City Tech 'Complex'|url=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=5&id=17089|newspaper=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|first=Mary|last=Frost|date=2007-12-05|access-date=2007-12-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Brooklyn|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bo/?id=100003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040608043504/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bo/?id=100003|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 8, 2004|publisher=Emporis.com|access-date=2007-12-24}}</ref>

In October 2013, City Tech held a ceremonial groundbreaking for a {{Convert|350,000|ft2|m2|adj=on}} academic complex at the corner of Tillary and Jay Streets in Downtown Brooklyn, which opened in August 2018. The new complex occupies the site formerly occupied by the Klitgord Center. The new eight-story building, known as the Academic Complex, is home to City Tech's expanding programs in healthcare and the sciences. The departments moved into the new building include the core sciences: Physics, Chemistry and Biological Sciences (including Biomedical Informatics). It is also home to the health programs: Nursing, Radiologic Technology & Medical Imaging, Dental Hygiene, Restorative Dentistry, and Vision Care Technology. The Academic Complex includes a 1,000-seat concert hall quality auditorium, the largest of its kind in Downtown Brooklyn.  A wellness center and faculty office space is also located in the Academic Complex.

==Athletics==
City Tech teams participated as a member of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]'s [[Division III (NCAA)|Division III]]. City Tech began CUNYAC competition in the [[community college]] section from the conference's inception in the 1987–88 season, later to join its [[senior college]] section in the 1999–2000 season. Men's sports included basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis and volleyball; while women's sports included basketball, cross country, softball, tennis and volleyball. City Tech's athletic program is in hiatus until new facilities are available.

==Notable people==
{{More citations needed section|date=October 2023}}

===Alumni===
*[[Eric Adams]], 110th [[Mayor of New York City]] (2022–present); 18th [[Borough President]] of Brooklyn (2014–2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=New York State Sen. Eric Adams Bio |url=http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/eric-adams/bio |website=nysenate.gov |access-date=July 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713044955/http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/eric-adams/bio |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Hiroaki Aoki]] (Restaurant Management, 1963), Olympic wrestler and founder of the [[Benihana]] chain of restaurants
*[[Charles Barron]], [[New York City Council]] member representing the 42nd District of New York City; former [[Black Panther Party|Black Panther]]
* [[Shyne|Moses Michael Levi Barrow]] (born Jamal Michael Barrow; 1978), better known by his stage name Shyne, Belizean rapper and politician
*[[Zev Brenner]], an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] radio host; president and founder of Talkline Communications
*[[Salvatore Cassano]] (Fire Protection, 1970), [[New York City Fire Commissioner]]
*[[Patrick Clark (chef)|Patrick Clark]] (Hotel and Restaurant Technology), chef<ref>{{Cite news|title=CULINARY EVENT WHIZ RIZZO '90, HOTEL SECURITY EXPERT CHIN TO BE HONORED|author=[[US Fed News Service]]|date=November 19, 2007|work=|page=|quote=The program has produced some of New York City and the country's top chefs and leading restaurateurs and innkeepers, including Michael Hill (New York Helmsley Hotel), Michael Lomonaco (Porter House New York), Xavier Noel (Paris Gourmet/Patis France), Michael Romano (Union Square Cafe), Sherry Yard (Spago Beverly Hills) and the late Patrick Clark (Tavern on the Green).|id={{ProQuest|468776166}}}}</ref>
*[[Larry R. Felix]] (1980), director of the [[Bureau of Engraving and Printing]]
*[[Robert Holden (politician)|Robert Holden]], professor and [[New York City Council]] member
*[[Michael Lomonaco]] (Hotel and Restaurant Management, 1984), chef, restaurateur, and television personality
*[[Julian Niccolini]] (Hospitality Management), managing partner of [[The Four Seasons Restaurant]]
*[[Samuel E Vázquez]] (1991), visual artist
*[[William Yosses]] (Hotel Management), White House Executive Pastry Chef and coauthor of the book ''Desserts For Dummies'
*[[Ray Sharkey]], stage, film, and TV actor (Attended for one year)

===Faculty===
* [[Leon M. Goldstein]] (c. 1932–1999), President of [[Kingsborough Community College]], and acting Chancellor of the [[City University of New York]]
*[[Dorothy E. Hayes]] (1935–2015), graphic designer, educator<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 20, 1971 |title=Designer to Lecture at Art Institute |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-times-designer-to-lectur/161909628/ |access-date=2024-12-30 |work=[[The Kansas City Times]] |pages=11 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name="Roberts">{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Regina |title=Guides: Black Graphic Design History Collections Initiative: Dorothy Hayes |url=https://guides.library.stanford.edu/Black_graphic_design_collections/Hayes |access-date=2024-12-30 |website=Stanford Libraries |publisher=[[Stanford University]] |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Frank McCourt]] (1930–2009), the [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning author of ''[[Angela's Ashes]]'', taught in the English department. In a 1997 ''New York Times'' [[Op-Ed]] essay, Mr. McCourt wrote about his experiences teaching immigrant mothers at New York City Technical College during the Spring 1990 semester.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mothers Who Get By|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/11/opinion/mothers-who-get-by.html|work=The New York Times| first=Frank | last=McCourt | date=11 May 1997 |access-date=2009-07-23 }}</ref>
* [[Rob Redding]], talk host, journalist, author, and artist
*[[Norma Merrick Sklarek]] (1926–2012), first African American woman licensed to practice architecture in New York and California; Harlem-born, Columbia University graduate. Taught architecture courses in the mid-1950s.

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{official website|http://www.citytech.cuny.edu/}}

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