A public benefit corporation that manages all capital construction projects for CUNY's 25 colleges and professional schools across more than 300 buildings. It handles design, construction, and major renovation of classrooms, labs, and campus facilities using city capital dollars. CUNY educates over 225,000 degree-seeking students, most of them working-class New Yorkers. The Construction Fund determines whether those students learn in modern facilities or crumbling buildings. Its $503M in spending is pure capital -- building and repairing the physical infrastructure of the city's public university system.
Did You Know
CUCF is responsible for more than 300 buildings but has zero employees on its own payroll -- it's essentially a construction management shell that channels half a billion dollars a year through CUNY's administrative apparatus.
| DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE | $334.4M |
| LIRO PROGRAM AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PE PC | $40.8M |
| DORMITORY AUTHORITY STATE OF NY | $40.7M |
| METROPOLITAN COLLEGE OF NEW YORK | $40.4M |
| RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK | $6.9M |
Headcount
$0 payroll because CUCF is a public benefit corporation -- construction management staff are technically CUNY employees or contractors, not CUCF direct hires
Who It Serves
CUNY students, faculty, and staff across all five boroughs
Category
Education