§ 6203. City university of New York. The separate and distinct body
corporate designated as the board of higher education in the city of New
York shall be continued and shall hereinafter be known as the city
university of New York. The city university shall have the powers and
privileges of colleges and shall be subject to the visitation of the
regents of the university of the state of New York. The city university
shall have the care, custody, control, and management of the lands,
grounds, buildings, facilities and equipment used for the purposes of
the educational units of the city university and it shall have the power
to protect, preserve and improve the same. Each existing unit of the
city university shall be given an appropriate and distinctive
designation.