New facility planned for Hunter College School of Social Work

With the help of the largest gift ever to theCity University of New York, the Hunter College School of Social Work plans to move from East 79th Street to a $135 million building 39 blocks to the north in East Harlem. The graduate school, with 930 students, has occupied the building on 79th Street since 1969. The university, which will not seek any zoning variances to build the new school, expects construction to begin this summer and hopes for completion by June 2011. The architect is Cooper, Robertson & Partners. To read The New York Times article, click here.