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The City University of New York Employment
Discrimination Complaint Procedure 

X. Other Places Where a Complaint May be Filed

All applicants, employees or former employees seeking to file a discrimination complaint are encouraged to file such complaint internally with the AA/EEO Officer; by contacting the AA/EEO Officer, a person does not forfeit her/his right to file an external complaint with an administrative agency handling discrimination complaints. Once such an agency has intervened in a complaint, the AA/EEO Office will surrender jurisdiction of the matter to the office of the General Counsel, which will take over administration of the complaint. The following external administrative agencies enforce laws prohibiting discrimination. Each agency has a time limit governing the filing of complaints. Each agency should be contacted directly for information pertaining to filing a complaint.