No New Dorm Plan as CUNY Prepares to Raze Hundreds of Affordable Student Rooms

No New Dorm Plan as CUNY Prepares to Raze Hundreds of Affordable Student Rooms

The CITY partners with Open Campus on coverage of the City University of New York. Hunter College sophomore Molly Gardiner pays one of the lowest rates for a dorm room in New York City — just $7,500 a year for a single room at the Brookdale dormitories. An out-of-state student from New Jersey, Gardiner says she turned to Hunter after Boston University proved too expensive, and the affordable housing it offered her in Manhattan was a big part of …