The 'College of the City of New York' was the former name of
New York University's undergraduate college when the university was named "University of the City of New York". It was also the informal or erroneous name for the later arriving colleges in the public university system for higher education in New York City:
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City College of the
City University of New York
★ Undergraduate college of
New York University, formerly
University of the City of New York
★ The public flagship college
City College of New York was never officially "College of the City of New York".
City University of New York also was never officially the "College of the City of New York".