Settlement of Federal Civil Fraud Lawsuit Against Former Hunter College Professor and Hunter College

Greggory W. Morris
2 min readApr 13, 2023

Former Prof Jeffrey Parsons-Hietikko to Pay $375,000, Hunter to Pay $200,000

{Jeffrey Parsons-Hietikko resigned from the college a while back amid allegations of sexual harassment. “CUNY paid over $1M to settle claims about Hunter College professor’s drug-fueled anticsNY Post November 20, 2021.}

68th & Lexington, site of main campus of Hunter College/CUNY

Tip of the Iceberg?

Now that its generally known that Hunter College President Jennifer Raab is being shown the door — she announced that she is leaving this coming June — there is a feeling that there might be a general house cleaning in the works.

For example: Full-time Hunter employees now have to take an ethics class. So says CUNY Office of Legal Affairs

Under a new state law, all New York state employees are now required to receive ethics training. In the past, only Financial Disclosure Filers (FDS Filers are policy makers or employees earning over $108,000) were required to complete an ethics training course. However, this new law expands the requirement to include all State/CUNY employees.

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Greggory W. Morris

Award Winning Assistant J-Professor, Hunter College/CUNY. Author, Writer. Blogs at blog.hunterword.com. Using Medium.com to test-drive writing projects.