Lisa Staiano-Coico Explained
Lisa Staiano-Coico or Lisa S. Coico (born February 26, 1956) is an American academic. Coico was the twelfth president of City College of New York, from August 2010 until October 2016.
A graduate of Brooklyn College 1976, Coico became the first City University of New York alumna appointed to head the City College of New York. Coico resigned on October 7, 2016, amidst federal and state investigations into her finances.[1] [2]
Education and training
Coico received a Bachelor of Science degree from Brooklyn College of The City University of New York in 1976,[3] [4] and a Ph.D. from Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences (GSMS, formerly known as Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences), in 1981.[5]
At GSMS, Coico worked as a student research assistant[6] and studied with the known cell biologist Zbyszek Darzynkiewicz, a professor of biochemistry and researcher of cell differentiation and carcinogenesis, and flow cytometry techniques for characterizing epithelial differentiation.[7] Coico also studied with Myron Melamed, a GSMC professor of biology and scientist with an international reputation,[8] who had co-authored the seminal cytometry publication in Science, "Spectrophotometer: New Instruments for Ultra-rapid Cell Analysis,"[9] with Louis Kamentsky of Columbia University's IBM Watson Laboratory and Marc E. Weksler,[10] a professor of medicine and eventual Irving Sherwood Wright Professor of Geriatrics at Weill Cornell.[11]
In graduate school, Coico participated in faculty sponsored research in teaching laboratory settings, such as the Laboratory of Investigative Cytology and the Walker Laboratory in Rye, New York. From 1981 to 1983, Coico held post-doctoral researcher fellowships at GSMS-affiliated Sloan-Kettering Institute.
Early career
In 1985, Coico joined Cornell University Medical College and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, as an instructor in the department of surgery, participating in research activities. From 1986, Coico held the rank of assistant professor,[12] [13] [14] [15] associate professor from 1990,[16] [17] [18] [19] [20] and clinical professor (additional faculty) from 1995 to 2004.[21]
Overview of research activities
Upon completing postdoctoral training, Coico's stated interests were to study the use of flow cytometry to detect risks for colo-rectal cancer (1985), and the growth and differentiation of epithelial cells (1990).[22] and wound repair (1999).[23]
In the mid-1980s, Coico joined a broad bench to bedside research team, spearheaded by the biomedical research scientist John M. Hefton, M.D., a pioneering skin grafting researcher and the innovator of new techniques for the treatment of burn victims.
In 2009, she advised Human Ecology undergraduates conducting survey research on the effectiveness of campus-based alcohol education.[24]
Beginning of administrative career
In addition to teaching, Coico served for one-year as Cornell Medical College associate dean to Donald A. Fischman, from 1996 to 1997,[25] [26] and GSMS senior associate dean of research, from March 1997, responsible for the coordinate of graduate fellowships.[27] [28] For a year, Coico held the positions of GSMS vice-provost of external affairs, government agencies, and professional associations, in 2003–2004,[29] and she was briefly the director of Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program, a cooperative alliance between Cornell University, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Rockefeller University.[30]
While at Cornell, Coico was an outspoken critic of the process of faculty promotion to tenure. In 1999, Coico stated, "There needs to be some flexibility so you don't have arbitrary numbers determining somebody's career at an institution."[31]
In July 2004, Coico left Cornell Medical College and GSMS to accept the position of dean of New York State College of Human Ecology, one of four the statutory colleges in the State University of New York system, funded and supervised by New York State, and located on the campus of Cornell University.[32] [33] Staiano-Coico succeeded New York State College of Human Ecology Dean Patsy Brannon, whose term ended June 30, 2004.[34] [35] However, Coico's term was once again relatively brief, and according to The Cornell Daily Sun, she "stepped down suddenly" after less than three years on the job, in March 2007.[36] Coico took a position as the provost and chief academic officer of Temple University, joining Temple's then-vice president of Human Resources Deborah Hartnett, who later retired from Temple in order to become Coico's chief of staff at The City College of New York.[37] While at Temple, Coico served on the board of managers of the University City Science Center, before leaving after a three-year stint to accept her appointment as president at The City College of New York in 2010.[38] [39]
The City College of New York presidency
In 2010, the City University of New York (CUNY) Board of Trustees ratified Coico to the position of 12th president of The City College of New York (CCNY), the oldest college in the system, amidst a stormy battle between CUNY and Italian Americans over affirmative action. According to The New York Times, CUNY pointed to the two Italian-American College presidents to refute the biased claim—Regina S. Peruggi at Kingsborough Community College, and Lisa Staiano-Coico at the university's flagship campus.[40]
Coico was appointed president five years into CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein's 2005–2015 Decade of Science,[41] a system-wide initiative to expand facilities and recruit faculty in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics,[41] [42] and eleven years into the university's reform efforts to raise academic standards based upon a 1998 Mayoral task force report, entitled "The City University of New York: An Institution Adrift."[43] [44]
Controversy
According to an article published in The Campus, a 2016 study conducted by Harvard Graduate School of Education found professors at City College of New York "extremely dissatisfied".[45] Controversy and unrest persisted throughout Coico's time as president. Protests- organized by Allen Roskoff, Scott Caplan, Charles Bayor, and other members of the Jim Owles Club- erupted over the return of Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) to campus,[46] [47] employment,[48] [49] [50] [51] the sudden defunding of the CCNY's WHCR-FM, also known "The Voice of Harlem," [52] cafeteria closure due to health violations,[53] and labor contracts.[54]
Coico's term as president saw high turnover among high level college administration, including five different individuals in CCNY's number-two position of provost in a six-year period.[55] Students protested the president's actions on campus,[56] and in Coico's hometown of Larchmont, New York.[57] campus employment conditions[58] [59] and administrative closures of CCNY Student and Community Center in 2013,[60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] and CCNY Schiff House, alternately known as the Child Development And Family Services Center, in 2015.[66] [67] [68] The annual 2016 April Fool's satirical issue of the student newspaper The Campus featured the article "Where's Lisa Coico?"[69]
In 2016, The New York Times reported Coico was the subject of interest in federal and New York State investigations, following a report that the 21st Century Foundation—a nonprofit charity affiliated with The City College of New York—had paid some of Coico's personal expenses upon her arrival in 2010, and the charity was then reimbursed over $150,000 by the Research Foundation of CUNY, which manages research funds for the entire university system.[70] The scandal prompted Federal prosecutors to look into affiliated of The City College of New York, and charity funds spending attached to CUNY and CCNY, which Coico and others may have misused.[71] After news of Coico's possible misuse of funds came to light, top CCNY and CUNY administrators defended Coico,[72] [73] However, a group of CCNY senior faculty, according to The Observer, made a plea for further investigation to then-Chancellor James Milliken—himself a source of financial controversy after moving into an upper east side penthouse paid for by the public university system.[74] CCNY senior faculty discovered money missing from the Martin and Toni Sosnoff Fund for the Arts—part of the holdings of the City College 21st Century Foundation—which should have contained roughly $600,000, had just $76.00. The outrage prompted Milliken-enlisted Fredrick Shaffer, then-City University of New York general counsel and senior vice chancellor for legal affairs, to audit Coico's spending.[75] [76] Although Shaffer ruled out financial malfeasance, the Times provided evidence suggesting that a 2011 memo detailing Coico's reimbursements had been fabricated.[77]
Resignations
Coico resigned on October 7, 2016, effective immediately,[78] shortly after The New York Times approached the university about a memo of Coico's expenses which suggested tampering and prompted an investigation.[79] Records showed Coico, who earned an annual salary of $400,000, withdrew money from the non-profit 21st Century Foundation in 2010 and 2011.[80] Although Coico denied any "inappropriate use" of CCNY funds and stated in letters to students and faculty that college employees should "cooperate fully" with investigators.[79] However, a subsequent report from the office of the New York State Inspector General pointed out the illegality of CUNY General Cousel's action to not report Coico's misconduct to the Inspector General.[81]
After Coico's departure, City University of New York board chairman Thompson stated in a letter to the New York State Inspector General that Coico had been directed by a "lawyer for the university" to reimburse funds she misused from the City College 21st Century Foundation, although the college subsequently "discovered that in fact she did not return all the funds, despite her representations to the contrary." Board chair Thompson asked for a state review of every CUNY-affiliated foundation, citing concerns about the lack of oversight over spending.[82] At Thompson's behest, an investigation spearheaded by New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott issued a report (which the I.G.'s office called an "interim review") in November 2016, citing "shoddy oversight and ineffective management" at the City University of New York had created a system "ripe for abuse" that had possibly siphoned away money from needy students and crucial campus projects.[83] [84]
Following the release of the I.G.'s report, Governor Andrew Cuomo vowed to appoint an Inspector General to both the City University of New York and the State University of New York and called for new leadership at both institutions.[85] Earlier, Governor Cuomo had replaced most of CUNY's trustees, including chairman Benno C. Schmidt Jr.,[86] naming a new chairman, Bill Thompson, former New York City Comptroller; Fernando Ferrer, former Bronx Borough President; Robert F. Mujica, the governor's budget director and a longtime top aide for the Senate Republican majority; Ken Sunshine, a public relations consultant; and Mayra Linares-Garcia, Cuomo's former director of Latino affairs and the daughter of Guillermo Linares, former NYC assemblyman and city councilman, and head of the state Higher Education Services Corporation.[87] [88] In a letter addressed to James Milliken, on November 18, 2016, written by Elkan Abramovitz, Coico's lawyer, which was published in The New York Times, Coico accused CUNY administrators of making her the scapegoat for the university's poor fiscal practices.[89]
In February 2017, CUNY Board of Trustees approved setting aside $25,000, in accordance with university practices, for each college president, or department dean, who might need to hire an attorney when being interviewed by I.G. Leahy Scott's investigators.[90]
Following Coico's departure, the City College of New York and the City University of New York top officials left in the wake of investigations targeting university-wide financial practices.[91] [92] [93] After Coico, Maurizio Trevisan resigned from the position as Provost of City College of New York, after occupying the number-two position under Coico.[94] Since, other resignations included Allan H. Dobrin, from the position of Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer;[95] Gillian Small, former CUNY Vice Chancellor for Research;[96] and Frederick P. Schaffer, who retired from the position of CUNY Vice Chancellor for Legal Affairs and General Counsel.[97] [98] Jay Hershenson, who was demoted from Senior Vice Chancellor of University Relations to a vice-president at Queens College,[99] was criticized for his spending practices while the university is in financial trouble.[100] [101] At the close of 2017, CUNY Chancellor James B. Milliken announced he was stepping down, after only three-years on the job.[102] [103]
In 2018, two years after Coico resigned amidst ongoing federal and state probes, the inspector general continued to identify and investigate the university's corrupt spending practices.[104] [105]
Return
Coico returned in 2018 to the City University of New York system as a faculty member as medical professor in the CUNY School of Medicine in the Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Biomedical Science.[106]
Corporate affiliations
In 1996, Coico established an employment relationship with Ortec International Incorporated, a New York City biotechnology company, later renamed Forticell Bioscience, Incorporated.[107] [108] Coico assisted in the development of the company's composite cultured skin product, along with Cocio's Cornell colleague, Suzanne Schwartz, hired full-time in July 1996. The founder, Steven Katz, was elected board chair in 1994; Katz had been a professor of Economics and Finance at Baruch College/CUNY from 1972.[109] Coico joined the company advisory board in 1999.[110] [111]
Forticell Bioscience, Incorporated is a publicly traded company that developed proprietary and patented technology to stimulate the repair and regeneration of human tissue, including biologically active wound dressings, such as the tissue engineered product OrCel (trademark sign), to stimulate the repair and regeneration of human skin on burn patients, and other wound healing products, relevant to reconstructive and cosmetic surgeries.[112] Forticell Bioscience, Incorporated is also an FDA- and New York State-approved tissue bank.
Coico is an officer of several for-profit corporations, including Coico Software Solutions, LLC (established 2000),[113] Staiano Consulting, (2003);[114] Coico Real Property Holding Company, Incorporated (established 2004);[115] Coico Medical L.L.C., Sacramento, California,[116] and LSC Collaborative, Limited Liability Corporation (established 2014).[117]
Selected publications
- Hanif. R. Pittas. A. Feng. Y. Koutsos. MI. Qiao. L. Staiano-Coico. L. Shiff. SI. Rigas. B. Effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on proliferation and on induction of apoptosis in colon cancer cells by a prostaglandin-independent pathway.. Biochemical Pharmacology. 26 July 1996. 52. 2. 237–45. 8694848. 10.1016/0006-2952(96)00181-5. free.
- Wysocki. AB. Staiano-Coico. L. Grinnell. F. Wound fluid from chronic leg ulcers contains elevated levels of metalloproteinases MMP-2 and MMP-9.. The Journal of Investigative Dermatology. July 1993. 101. 1. 64–8. 8392530. 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12359590. free.
- Darzynkiewicz. Z. Sharpless. T. Staiano-Coico. L. Melamed. MR. Subcompartments of the G1 phase of cell cycle detected by flow cytometry.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. November 1980. 77. 11. 6696–9. 6161370. 350355. 10.1073/pnas.77.11.6696. 1980PNAS...77.6696D. free.
- Darzynkiewicz. Z. Traganos. F. Kapuscinski. J. Staiano-Coico. L. Melamed. MR. Accessibility of DNA in situ to various fluorochromes: relationship to chromatin changes during erythroid differentiation of Friend leukemia cells.. Cytometry. July 1984. 5. 4. 355–63. 10.1002/cyto.990050411. 6468176. free.
- Darzynkiewicz. Z. Traganos. F. Staiano-Coico. L. Kapuscinski. J. Melamed. MR. Interaction of rhodamine 123 with living cells studied by flow cytometry.. Cancer Research. March 1982. 42. 3. 799–806. 7059978.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: At Troubled City College, President's Job Remains Unfilled. David W.. Chen. July 28, 2017. The New York Times.
- Web site: Trepidation at City College in Wake of President's Abrupt Exit. David W.. Chen. October 13, 2016. The New York Times.
- Class Notes. Brooklyn College Magazine. Fall 2015. 4. 1. 36 . Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. Brooklyn, New York.
- Book: Cornell GSMS Staff . Cornell University Announcements, Graduate School of Medical Sciences . Cornell University Register, Students 1979-80, Candidates in the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy . 1979 . 71 . 4 . 30–40, esp. 40 . https://archive.org/stream/cornelluniversit1979corn . Cornell University . Ithaca, NY . USPS 132-860 . Lisa F. Staiano-Coico. B.S. 1976. Brooklyn College. Major: microbiology. Brooklyn, New York.
- Degree Recipients 1981-82: Doctors of Philosophy, Lisa F Staiano-Coico, B.S. 1976, Brooklyn College, City University of New York. Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences: 1982-1983. 1982. 45. Cornell University. Ithaca, New York. 669808244.
- Department of Microbiology: Research Assistants in Microbiology, Lisa F. Staiano-Coico. Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Announcements. August 24, 1979. 71. 3. 38 . Cornell University .
- Web site: Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, M.D., Ph.D.. New York Medical. College. www.nymc.edu.
- Darzynkiewicz. Zbigniew. Kamentsky. Louis. Holden. Elena. In Memoriam : Myron Melamed, 1927–2013. Cytometry Part A. November 22, 2013. 83. 12. 1047–1050. 10.1002/cyto.a.22413. 24273153. free.
- Kamentsky. L.A. Melamed. M.R.. Derman. H.. Spectrophotometer: new instrument for ultrarapid cell analysis. Science. October 29, 1965. 150. 3696. 630–1. 1965Sci...150..630K. 10.1126/science.150.3696.630. 5837105. 34776930.
- Web site: Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Announcement 1979-80 : Marc E. Weksler, p. 38. Cornell University Archive. 1979. Cornell University. 18 May 2016.
- Web site: Outstanding Students Honored at Convocation.
- Assistant Professors of Surgery, L. Staiano-Coico. Brooklyn College, City University of New York; Ph.D. 1981, Cornell University. Cornell University Medical College Announcements: 1985 -1986. 1986. 1985 -1986. 65.
- Faculty of the Medical College: Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Lisa F Staiano-Coico, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; Ph.D. 1981, Cornell University.. Cornell University Medical College Announcements: 1986 -1987. 1987. 181.
- Assistant Professors of Surgery, Faculty of Medical College: Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Lisa F Staiano-Coico, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; Ph.D. 1981, Cornell University. Cornell University Medical College Announcements: 1987 – 1988. 1988. 67.
- Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Lisa F Staiano-Coico, B.S. 1976, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; Ph.D. 1981. Cornell University Medical College Announcements, Assistant Professors of Surgery:1988 – 1989. 1989. 189. Cornell University. Ithaca, New York.
- Faculty of the Medical College : Staiano-Coico, Lisa. Associate Professor of Microbiology in Surgery. B.S. 1976, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; Ph.D. 1981. Cornell University Medical College Announcements, Volume 1989 – 1990. 1989. 198. Cornell University. Ithaca, New York.
- Faculty of the Medical College: Staiano-Coico, Lisa. Associate Professor of Microbiology in Surgery. B.S. 1976, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; Ph.D. 1981. Cornell University Medical College Announcements: 1990 – 1991. 1991. 202.
- Faculty of the Medical College: Staiano-Coico, Lisa. Associate Professor of Microbiology in Surgery. B.S. 1976, Brooklyn College, City University of New York; Ph.D. 1981. Cornell University Medical College Announcements: 1991 – 1992. 1991. 204.
- Cornell University Medical College - Clinical Departments Additional Faculty, Department of Surgery, Associate Professorial Rank, Lisa Staiano-Coico, PhD.. The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center Annual Report 1992: Extending Our Reach.. January 1, 1993. 40. New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center. New York, New York.
- New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center Cornell University Medical College - Clinical Departments Additional Faculty, Department of Surgery, Associate Professorial Rank, Lisa Staiano-Coico, PhD. New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center 1994 Annual Report: The Hands to Care the Minds to Cure. January 1, 1993. New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center. New York, New York.
- CUMC and GSMS Faculty: Cornell University Medical College – Clinical Departments, Additional Faculty, Department of Surgery, Professorial Rank, Lisa Staiano-Coico, PhD *. New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center 1995 Annual Report: The Hands to Care the Minds to Cure. 1996. 1995-1996. 27, 43.
- Faculty, Research Interests, Dr. Staiano-Coico's interests. Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences Announcement: 1990-1991. 1980. 15. Cornell University. NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, Samuel J. Wood Library.
- Lisa Staiano-Coico, PhD. Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University Announcement: 1999-2000. 1999. 130.
- Marchell. T.C.. Lewis. D.D.. Croom. K.. Lesser. M.L.. Murphy. S.H.. Reyna. V.F.. Frankl. J.. Staiano-Coico. L/. The slope of change: an environmental management approach to reduce drinking on a day of celebration at a US college. Journal of American College Health. 2013. 61. 6. 324–34. 23930747. 10.1080/07448481.2013.788008. 3744126.
- Lisa Staiano-Coico Associate Dean (Graduate School of Medical Sciences). Cornell University Medical College Catalogue. 1995. 1995-1996. 97. Cornell University. Ithaca, New York.
- Lisa Staiano-Coico, Associate Dean (Graduate School of Medical Sciences). Cornell University Medical College Announcement 1996-1997. 1996. 99. Cornell University. Ithaca, New York.
- New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. Senior Administrative Officers: Lisa Staiano-Coico, Ph.D. (as of 3/1/97) Senior Associate Dean. New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center Annual Report 1997-1998: A Pivotal Year. 1998. 1997-1998. 30.
- Web site: Duby . Susan W.. Graduate Research Fellowships: a directory of coordinating officials, February 1997. National Science Foundation. Graduate Fellowship Programs, Division of Graduate Education, National Science Foundation. 13 May 2016.
- News: Weill Cornell: The Scope. Public Affairs Office. Joan and Stanford I. Weill Cornell Medical College and Graduate School of Medical Sciences Cornell University. July 2003. 6.
- Web site: Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program. Tri-Institutional MD-PhD Program in New York City.
- Woodbury. Katherine. Managers on a Mission. April 26, 1999. 13. 9. 55.
- Web site: NYS College of Human Ecology at Cornell. SUNY. The State University of New York. 12 May 2016.
- News: LTri-Institutional Research Program executive director is chosen to lead Cornell's College of Human Ecology. Susan S. Lang . May 5, 2004 . Cornell Chronicle . December 22, 2010.
- Berg. Nicholas. Coming & Going: more changes to administration. Cornell Alumni Magazine. July 26, 2004. 107. 1. 11. Cornell Alumni Federation. Ithaca, New York. 1548-8810.
- Reports, committee information, correspondence, speeches, trip files, awards, and other records of Deans Jerome M. Ziegler, Francille Firebaugh, Patsy Brannon, Lisa Staiano-Coico, Alan Mathios, and Associate Deans Charles McClintock and Jennifer Gerner. New York State College of Human Ecology Records, 1900-2012. College of Human Ecology. Ithaca, New York. 64083455.
- News: Bromer. Willimina. Wrapping It Up: From The Editors . The Cornell Daily Sun. May 9, 2008. Blog Entry Online.
- News: Temple University Faculty Herald. 38. 3. Temple University. 3.
- Web site: Temple University Appoints Cornell's Lisa Staiano-Coico as Provost. Hillel J. Hoffmann . March 22, 2007 . Temple University . December 22, 2010.
- http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/forum/2010/04/26/temple-university-provost-lisa-staiano-coico-appointed-president-of-the-city-college-of-new-york/ "Temple University Provost Lisa Staiano-Coico Appointed President of The City College of New York"
- News: Foderaro. Lisa W.. Unlikely Group Charges Bias at University . The New York Times. September 14, 2010.
- News: Foderaro. Lisa W.. At CUNY, Mission to Elevate Science Begins to Bear Fruit . The New York Times. November 15, 2009.
- Web site: CUNY 2008-2012 Master Plan. The City University of New York. CUNY Board of Trustees. June 23, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100528034518/http://www.cuny.edu/about/administration/offices/bf/CUNYMasterplan-2008-12.pdf. May 28, 2010. mdy-all.
- Schmidt. Benno C. Mayor's Advisory Task Force on the City University of New York. The City University of New York: an institution adrift. Office of the Mayor of New York. June 7, 1999. 108 pages: color illustrations; 28 cm. 41499973.
- News: Arenson. Karen W.. Mayor's Task Force Says CUNY Is Adrift and Needs an Overhaul . The New York Times. June 6, 1999.
- News: McKay. Tiffany. New Survey data includes "Extreme Dissatisfaction" among Professors . The Campus: Over 100 Years of Service to CCNY and the Harlem Community. January 7, 2016.
- News: Gomez. Don. R.O.T.C. Returns to New York's City College More Than Four Decades After Removal. The New York Times. May 20, 2013.
- News: Kaminer. Ariel. After Descade, Boots Are Back On Campus. The New York Times. May 21, 2013.
- News: Vincent. Isabel. College Presidents Getting Hundreds of Thousands In Extra Pay from Foundations. New York Post. June 30, 2013.
- News: Islam. Anika. The Turmoil at Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Research. The Campus: Over a Century of Service to CCNY and the Harlem Community. October 2013. 4–5.
- News: Messing. Philip. Ex-City College worker stole money, changed grades: authorities. New York Post. April 20, 2015.
- News: Messing. Philip. Eustachewich. Lia. CUNY Hired a Convicted Thief Who Allegedly Stole From Students. New York Post. December 2, 2014.
- Web site: Budget Cuts Leave "The Voice of Harlem" Speechless. September 13, 2015.
- Web site: Our Cafeteria is Condemned. August 28, 2012.
- News: Chen. David W.. CUNY Union Votes to Allow Strike if Contract Deal Is Not Reached. The New York Times. May 12, 2016.
- David W. Chen, A Divisive President at City College, and a Long List of Personal Expenses, The New York Times (October 10, 2016).
- News: CUNY Dismantles Community Center, Students Fight Back. OCCUPY WALL STREET. 2018-05-06. en.
- News: Bruttell. Nathan. CCNY Group to Stage Rally, March In Larchmont, Saturday. Mamaroneck Daily Voice. January 10, 2014.
- News: Barker. Cyril Josh. City college student organizations rally in solidarity with 60,000 workers. New York Amsterdam News. April 16, 2015.
- News: Students Crash President Lisa's Holiday Party in the Great Hall. The Campus: Over A Hundred Years of Service to CCNY and the Harlem Community. December 13, 2013.
- News: Kaminer. Ariel. Protests as City College Closes a Student Center. The New York Times. October 21, 2013.
- Web site: Two CCNY Students Suspended as Third Protest Over Closure of Morales-Shakur Center Begins [Updated]]. October 28, 2013.
- Shawn. Carrie. Isabelle. Natashia. StudentNation. CUNY Dismantles Community Center, Students Fight Back. The Nation. October 25, 2013.
- News: Merlan. Anna. CUNY City College Students Protest After Morales-Shakur Center, Hub of Campus Political Activity, is Abruptly Closed. Village Voice. 2013.
- News: The Stream Team. Arrests, pepper spray at CCNY protest over shuttered student center. Aljazeera America. October 25, 2013.
- News: Mays. Jeff. City College Offers Students New Space After Yanking Controversial Center. DNAinfo. November 22, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160807151342/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131122/hamilton-heights/city-college-offers-students-new-space-after-yanking-controversial-center. August 7, 2016. mdy-all.
- News: News. Closing the Childcare Center. The Campus: 100 years of service to CCNY and the Harlem Community. March 4, 2015.
- News: Report: City College Students Banned From Campus After Protest. CBS News. October 28, 2013.
- News: Merlan. Anna. Two CCNY Students Suspended as Third Protest Over Closure of Morales-Shakur Center Begins [Updated]]. The Village Voice. October 28, 2013.
- Web site: The Crampus. ccnycampus.org. June 24, 2016 . CCNY The Campus.
- News: Dreams Stall as CUNY, New York City's Engine of Mobility, Sputters. Chen. David W.. 2016-05-28. The New York Times. 2018-05-06. en-US. 0362-4331.
- Web site: Finances of City College's President Are Under Federal Investigation. David W.. Chen. July 14, 2016. The New York Times.
- Web site: Head Administrator in Charge (Finally) Speaks Out. October 27, 2016.
- Web site: City College Leader Didn't Misuse Donation, Review Finds. David W.. Chen. September 15, 2016. The New York Times.
- Web site: No Funds for CUNY Art Students, Plenty for Swanky UES Apartment. . June 9, 2014.
- Web site: $76 Where There Should Be $600,000: Missing City College Donation Prompts Inquiry. David W.. Chen. August 30, 2016. The New York Times.
- Web site: Missing $500,000 Gift Prompts Inquiry at N.Y.'s City College. August 30, 2016.
- News: President of City College Quits Abruptly Amid Scrutiny of Her Finances. 2016-10-07. The New York Times. 2018-05-06. en-US. 0362-4331.
- Web site: City College president resigns amid federal investigation. . October 7, 2016 .
- David W. Chen, President of City College Quits Abruptly Amid Scrutiny of Her Finances, The New York Times (October 8, 2016).
- Web site: City College 'covered up' president's spending spree. August 30, 2016.
- Web site: CCNY's Financial Misconduct Sparks CUNY-Wide Investigation. December 10, 2016.
- News: CUNY Misuse of Funds Is Systemic, Report Says. Zolan. Kanno-Youngs. Wall Street Journal. November 16, 2016. www.wsj.com.
- Web site: Report on Mismanagement at CUNY. www.documentcloud.org.
- David W. Chen, Lapses by CUNY Officials Made System 'Ripe for Abuse,' Report Says, The New York Times (November 16, 2016).
- Web site: Cuomo Seizes On City College Scandal to Revive Push to Revamp CUNY. David W.. Chen. November 23, 2016. NYTimes.
- Web site: CUNY Picks James Milliken as New Chancellor. Al. Baker. January 28, 2018. NYTimes.
- Web site: Cuomo nominates budget director, longtime friend to CUNY board. . June 6, 2016 .
- Web site: Cuomo picks former assemblyman for tuition head. February 13, 2017.
- Web site: Lawyer for Ex-CUNY President Addresses College Officials. November 23, 2016. The New York Times.
- Web site: Investigation Into City College President's Finances: What We Know. David W.. Chen. February 27, 2017. The New York Times.
- Web site: Embattled City College president resigns amid $150G probe. .
- News: Investigation of Former City College President Expands. David W.. Chen. The New York Times. February 21, 2017.
- Web site: Report on Mismanagement at CUNY. November 15, 2016. NYTimes.com.
- Web site: Breaking News: Provost Maurizio Trevisan Resigns. May 20, 2016.
- Web site: CUNY Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer Allan H. Dobrin. To Retire After More Than Fifteen Years of Service (CUNY - The City University of New York). article.wn.com.
- Web site: Gillian Small appointed University Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs - Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU). view2.fdu.edu.
- Web site: Members - American Law Institute. The American Law. Institute. American Law Institute.
- Web site: IG says CUNY broke law; CICU head to resign. Politico PRO.
- News: CUNY, pressured by Cuomo, shakes up staff after scandal. Goldensohn. Rosa. Crain's New York Business. 2018-05-06.
- News: Financially Ailing CUNY Spent Over $1 Million a Year on Parades and Charities. William. Neuman. The New York Times. June 25, 2017.
- Web site: CUNY, Where Do We Go From Here?. Rachel J.. Chapman. May 20, 2017.
- News: Head of City University Will Step Down. David W.. Chen. The New York Times. November 21, 2017.
- Web site: CUNY Chancellor Will Resign in 2018. Melanie Grayce. West. November 21, 2017. www.wsj.com.
- News: Probe opened into CUNY's $1.25M 'rebranding' contract. 2018-04-23. New York Post. 2018-05-06. en-US.
- Web site: State Inspector General is probing CUNY integrity expert. April 29, 2018.
- Web site: Lisa Coico. August 2, 2018.
- Web site: Darrow. Jordon. Ortec Shareholders Approve Corporate Name Change to Forticell Bioscience, Inc.: New Stock Trading Symbol "FORB" Effective January 10, 2008. Business Wire: A Berkshire Hathaway Company. January 9, 2008.
- Web site: Schedule 14A Information. Consultants: the company has granted to Dr. Staiano-Coico warrants to purchase up to 6,700 shares of the company's common stock, at an exercise price of $12 per share. The warrants granted Coico expire May 31, 1998. SEC Archive. Ortec International.
- Web site: Forticell Bioscience Inc (FORBQ). https://web.archive.org/web/20070702182012/http://www.wikinvest.com/. dead. July 2, 2007. wikiinvest.
- Web site: April 14, 1999. Ortec International Appoints Seven New Members to its Medical-Clinical Advisory Board. The Free Library. Gale Group. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.
- News: George. John. Philadelphia medical device firm continues to rebuild management ranks with new CFO. Philadelphia Business Journal. December 30, 2014.
- Goldstein. Matthew. New skin helps burn victims, NY start-up. Crain's New York Business. February 1998. 14. 7. 19.
- Web site: Coico Software Solutions, LLC, Company Number 2572608. Department of Sare, New York. NYS Department of State, Division of Corporations. New York. June 4, 2001.
- Web site: Staiano Consulting, DOS ID # 2920159 1. NYS Department of State, Division of Corporations. New York. June 17, 2003.
- Web site: Coico Real Property Holding Company, Incorporated, DOS ID # 3002361. NYS Department of State, Division of Corporations. New York. January 21, 2004. Chief Executive Officer, Vincenza Coico.
- Web site: Companies With Permission to Bypass Sanctions - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com. www.nytimes.com.
- Web site: LSC Collaborative, Limited Liability Corporation, DOS ID # 4665014. NYS Department of State, Division of Corporations. NEW YORK. November 12, 2014. Registered Agent Lisa Coico.