State To Review Minority Hiring At Columbia Expansion Project

State To Review Minority Hiring At Columbia Expansion Project
Reserve Officers Training Corp (ROTC) cadets Jose Robledo, John McClelland, LeTricia Brown and Ryan Cho take down the US flag during a flag lowering ceremony at Columbia University March 4, 2011 in New York. Robledo, a military veteran and current student at Columbia University, has found himself in the middle of the debate about whether or not to bring back the ROTC programs to Ivy Leagues schools. Today, two months after Congress passed legislation ending the military's ban on gays serving openly, Harvard, another Ivy League school, signed an agreement with the Navy today to re-establish ties with Naval ROTC. AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
Reserve Officers Training Corp (ROTC) cadets Jose Robledo, John McClelland, LeTricia Brown and Ryan Cho take down the US flag during a flag lowering ceremony at Columbia University March 4, 2011 in New York. Robledo, a military veteran and current student at Columbia University, has found himself in the middle of the debate about whether or not to bring back the ROTC programs to Ivy Leagues schools. Today, two months after Congress passed legislation ending the military's ban on gays serving openly, Harvard, another Ivy League school, signed an agreement with the Navy today to re-establish ties with Naval ROTC. AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

HARLEM -- Columbia University's minority hiring practices at its $6.3 billion West Harlem campus expansion are to be reviewed by the Empire State Development Corporation.

The investigation is in response to a letter from Vincent Morgan, a banker and a candidate for City Council, who asked the corporation to make sure the university was living up to its promises to ensure a share of the jobs go to minority workers.

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