Office of Legal Affairs and Labor Relations

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Welcome

Our goal is to provide high quality legal advice, guidance and representation to support and protect the mission, vision and values of The College of Staten Island.

Our Responsibilities

Ensure compliance with city, state and federal laws, CUNY bylaws, policies, and collective bargaining agreements.
Provide legal advice and guidance to the President, the College, and College representatives on a wide range of legal issues including, but not limited to, litigation, contracts, compliance with subpoenas and issues concerning the College’s related entities.
Oversee the labor-management grievance process.
Serve as the College’s Ethics Office and Records Access Office.

*The materials and related links on this site are for informational purposes only. The Office of Legal Affairs and Labor Relations does not provide personal legal advice or representation to College faculty members, staff, or students. If you need an attorney for personal matters, one resource is the New York City Legal Referral Service (https://www.nycbar.org/get-legal-help/).

Ethics Training

Executive Law § 94 expanded the live ethics training requirement to all New York State employees (this includes all full-time and part-time employees, including adjuncts and graduate assistants - regardless of whether or not you file an annual Financial Disclosure Statement). All New York State employees are required to attend a COELIG Ethics training EVERY calendar year.

There are two courses that comprise the statewide ethics training initiative:

The Comprehensive Ethics Training Course (CETC): is a live, instructor led training that is the only course that satisfies the live ethics training requirement mandated in Executive Law § 94. New hires are required to complete the CETC within the first 90 days of beginning their state employment. Employees are required to complete the CETC every other calendar year.
The On-Demand Ethics Training (ODEC): Employees are eligible to complete an ODEC every other calendar year – the alternating years during which they are not completing the CETC.

NOTE: Employees are NOT eligible to take an ODEC if they have not completed a CETC during the previous calendar year.

During the alternating calendar year (i.e. the calendar year they are not required to take the live CETC) employees have the option of taking a live CETC or taking the ODEC to satisfy their annual ethics training requirement.

Information Regarding Deadlines: Please contact Catherine Ferrara and Mona Rosenstock to find out your specific deadline if necessary.

Instructions for Enrolling in and Completing the ODEC

Enroll in the ODEC Please enter:

Your agency:
- CUNY College of Staten Island
Your N# -- Please note that this ID# is not the same as your EMPLID. Your N# can be found on your paystub.
Your First and Last Name
- When entering your 'First Name' please enter your full first name, do not abbreviate, shorten or include your preferred name.
- Please include the name on your Government Issued ID and/or employee paystub
CUNY Email

To receive course credit, please enter, in the designated form fields, the two code words that will appear during the training.

After you have successfully viewed the video in its entirety, you will receive a system-generated completion email at the email address you provided when enrolling in the course.

If your employee profile is in COELIG's system, your training record will automatically be updated, and a system-generated email confirmation will be sent to you and your ethics officer.

Schedule of CETC Sessions - Select Session to Attend

You may enroll in either:

a CETC hosted by a CUNY campus ethics officer; or
a CETC hosted by COELIG.

Click the links below to register for a live CETC session hosted by a CUNY Campus Ethics Officer:

February 25th (10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.)
March 19th (2:30 P.M. – 4:30 P.M)
April 23rd (12:00 – 2:00 P.M.)
May 11th (10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.)
June 15th (10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.)
July 14th (1:00 – 3:00 P.M.)
August 6th (11:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.)
September 18th (12:00 – 2:00 P.M.)
October 14th (10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.)
November 17th (2:30 P.M. – 4:30 P.M.)
November 3rd (8:00 – 9:30 P.M.) Please note that this session will be cancelled if less than 10 RSVP.*
December 9th (12:00 P.M. – 2:00 P.M.)
December 21st (10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.)

CETC Hosted by COELIG

To register for a COELIG live CETC Ethics training, please visit COELIG's Training Calendar and use COELIG's Self-Enrollment Class Registration Portal to register for a session. Your campus Ethics Officer cannot enroll you for a CETC hosted by COELIG.