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LaGuardia Community College, Queens, NY.

LaGuardia Community College, Queens, NY.

CUNY just can’t seem to keep pervy profs off the payroll.

In a shocking Brooklyn federal court lawsuit, a female undergraduate claims her human-anatomy professor at LaGuardia Community College, Hany Fam, offered her good grades for sex.

The case comes on the heels of bombshell allegations that professors at CUNY’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice raped and tried to pimp out students and used and sold drugs on campus. The widening scandal, now being probed by the Manhattan D.A.’s office and the state Inspector General, was first revealed last month by The Post.

In the lawsuit, the 40-something student, going by the pseudonym Jane Doe, claims she asked Fam for a meeting in October 2017 to discuss grades. The prof, 60, insisted they meet at her apartment, court papers say.

“Fearing that she would offend her professor and perhaps jeopardize her grade in his class, [she] finally relented,” the suit says.

Fam arrived at her Brooklyn apartment and gave her a bottle of wine and a kiss on the cheek, court papers say. He sat on the couch and told her he was “lonely” and had “problems in his marriage,” the suit claims.

He “unbuttoned his shirt to reveal a scar and claimed to have a heart condition that left him with just a few years to live,” the suit says.

The student “got up and went to the kitchen, but Professor Fam followed her, leaned in to hug her, and told her to relax,” court papers say.

After pouring two glasses of wine — which the woman claims she refused to drink — Fam “said that he could make things much easier for her, and repeatedly asked if she would be his ‘friend,’” court papers say.

When the woman asked if “friend” was code for “sex,” he confirmed it was, according to the lawsuit.

“He suggested they meet once a week and told [her] it wouldn’t be ‘that hard’ for her because of his heart condition,” court papers say.

Taking his pitch one step further, Fam said other professors have similar arrangements with students, according to the lawsuit.

When the student made “unambiguous . . . expressions of disinterest,” the prof “became aggravated and told Plaintiff that she was too uptight,” the lawsuit says.

 

On his way out, Fam handed her “what appeared to be questions and answers for the following day’s scheduled quiz and told [her] to think about his offer.”

The woman did not return to Fam’s class and reported him to the college’s Title IX office, which handles sexual harassment complaints.

The college concluded that Fam “offered [her] a good grade … in exchange for sexual favors,” according to the lawsuit.

A LaGuardia spokeswoman told the Post the professors' last day in the classroom was the day the student’s complaint was filed, Nov. 7, 2017, and that he was terminated on Jan. 11, 2018. He is “not eligible to work at LaGuardia any time in the future,” said spokeswoman Elizabeth Streich.

The public college located in Long Island City, which offers two-year associates degrees, also agreed to provide counseling for the woman, cover the costs of her course materials and re-enrollment in the class, but did not remove her “withdrawal” from the class on her transcript.

The woman — who is being represented by Carrie Goldberg, the Brooklyn lawyer backing at least two Harvey Weinstein accusers — claims her life has taken a dark turn because of the “emotional stress” of the ordeal. She “has even felt unsafe in her own home because Professor Fam knows where she lives,” the suit says.

The plaintiff told the Post she wants to maintain her anonymity because she is “scared of the repercussions.

“He’s obviously not a nice person, so I don’t know what lengths he might go to. It’s scary for a single woman who lives alone.”

She is seeking unspecified damages and a jury trial.

Court papers also claim Fam was part of a “wider culture of similar behavior by LaGuardia professors.”

In a review for Fam on the Rate My Professor website, a student wrote in October 2017 that he “wastes time on dirty jokes . . . I don’t know how to respect a professor who cracks dirty jokes all the time.”

Fam has been a lecturer at LaGuardia Community College and an adjunct associate professor at CUNY’s York College in Queens since at least 2012, according to SeeThroughNY. He earned $35,000 last year from LaGuardia and $14,000 from York.

Fam could not be reached for comment.

https://nypost.com/2018/10/13/...sleep-with-him-suit/

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Nehru posted:

How come I did not get some Punani

Because you look too bookish like an accountant.  

That building brings back lots of memories of a shy, quiet and bookish girl who just left Berbice. 

FM
Leonora posted:
Nehru posted:

How come I did not get some Punani

Because you look too bookish like an accountant.  

That building brings back lots of memories of a shy, quiet and bookish girl who just left Berbice. 

The entire CUNY System has fallen to the ground. Nepotism, Favoritism, Incompetence, the general Standard of the Community Colleges are CRAP!!!

Nehru
Nehru posted:
Leonora posted:
Nehru posted:

How come I did not get some Punani

Because you look too bookish like an accountant.  

That building brings back lots of memories of a shy, quiet and bookish girl who just left Berbice. 

The entire CUNY System has fallen to the ground. Nepotism, Favoritism, Incompetence, the general Standard of the Community Colleges are CRAP!!!

You need an Ivy League education to get places now.

GTAngler
GTAngler posted:
Nehru posted:

How come I did not get some Punani

The article specifically said "CUNY just can’t seem to keep pervy profs off the payrolls". Are you a professor?

No Sir!!

Nehru
Nehru posted:
GTAngler posted:
Nehru posted:

How come I did not get some Punani

The article specifically said "CUNY just can’t seem to keep pervy profs off the payrolls". Are you a professor?

No Sir!!

So you only half qualified........

GTAngler
Nehru posted:
The entire CUNY System has fallen to the ground. Nepotism, Favoritism, Incompetence, the general Standard of the Community Colleges are CRAP!!!

When I attended, LCC had just opened and it was a great Community College. I was in the Work-Study program and worked part-time in the Admissions Office. After getting my AS degree, they found me a job with a large corporation on 6th Avenue; I got the job to pay for evening classes at Baruch for a Bachelor's; after getting my BS, I applied for a job in another State and took it after they offered a great Relocation package.  

FM
Nehru posted:
Leonora posted:
Nehru posted:

How come I did not get some Punani

Because you look too bookish like an accountant.  

That building brings back lots of memories of a shy, quiet and bookish girl who just left Berbice. 

The entire CUNY System has fallen to the ground. Nepotism, Favoritism, Incompetence, the general Standard of the Community Colleges are CRAP!!!

Too many Guyanese?

Baseman

LCC will always keep its academic status high and honorable in meeting with students demand. If you don't have time to spend four years in college, you have the option to work your bottom to reach your academic potential in little or no time. That's the beauty of LCC. This time nah lang time to study with jug-jug lamp and dig out black pot from you nose.  Lol

FM
Leonora posted:
Nehru posted:
The entire CUNY System has fallen to the ground. Nepotism, Favoritism, Incompetence, the general Standard of the Community Colleges are CRAP!!!

When I attended, LCC had just opened and it was a great Community College. I was in the Work-Study program and worked part-time in the Admissions Office. After getting my AS degree, they found me a job with a large corporation on 6th Avenue; I got the job to pay for evening classes at Baruch for a Bachelor's; after getting my BS, I applied for a job in another State and took it after they offered a great Relocation package.  

Lady, you bin ah prappa study hard. You mussy get nuff letters behind you name.  

FM
Nehru posted:
Baseman posted:
Nehru posted:

Guyanese are the only shining star in CUNY

I meant in Admin, not the students

Too many DUMB Trini Bytches!!!

Be careful before they cast a spell pun you rass and get you basidy.   I don't want to hear about another punani grading at LCC.  

FM
Prince posted:
Lady, you bin ah prappa study hard. You mussy get nuff letters behind you name.  

Princey, in the middle of all those jobs and studies, I found and married a US Army soldier, had a son and when he was 1 year old, attended evening classes again for an MBA after the job agreed to pay for it. 

FM
Leonora posted:
Prince posted:
Lady, you bin ah prappa study hard. You mussy get nuff letters behind you name.  

Princey, in the middle of all those jobs and studies, I found and married a US Army soldier, had a son and when he was 1 year old, attended evening classes again for an MBA after the job agreed to pay for it. 

I have always said the best job in life, is one we enjoy doing, while getting paid. 

After some education,  find a job that you like and get the company to train you while on the job, in all aspects of their operation and how to deal with others.  With a continued salary and retire with good pension and medical  plans.

In retirement, not having to worry about finances and medical bills for the family, is one of the best gifts in life.

Tola
Leonora posted:
Prince posted:
Lady, you bin ah prappa study hard. You mussy get nuff letters behind you name.  

Princey, in the middle of all those jobs and studies, I found and married a US Army soldier, had a son and when he was 1 year old, attended evening classes again for an MBA after the job agreed to pay for it. 

You up there time for the Phd.

Django
Leonora posted:
Django posted:
You up there time for the Phd.

I deal with PhDs, Doctors and Scientists all day; that's enough for me. 

Ok cool,i thought you are in some Scientific Medical research field.

Django
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