ยง 201. Corporate name and objects. The corporation created in the year
  seventeen  hundred  eighty-four  under  the  name  of The Regents of the
  University of the State of New York, is hereby continued under the  name
  of  The  University  of  the  State of New York. Its objects shall be to
  encourage and promote  education,  to  visit  and  inspect  its  several
  institutions  and  departments, to distribute to or expand or administer
  for them such property and funds as the state may  appropriate  therefor
  or  as  the  university  may  own  or hold in trust or otherwise, and to
  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be  intrusted  to  it.  The  said
  corporation  shall  have  power  to  take,  hold and administer real and
  personal property and the income thereof in trust for  any  educational,
  scientific,  historical  or other purpose within the jurisdiction of the
  regents of The University of the State of New York.
Structure New York Laws
Article 5 - University of the State of New York
201 - Corporate Name and Objects.
206 - Authority to Take Testimony and Conduct Hearings.
208 - General Examinations, Credentials and Degrees.
208-A - Scheduling of Examinations.
209 - Academic Examinations; Admission and Fees.
209-A - Applications for Admission to College.
210-A - Admission Requirements for Graduate-Level Teacher and Educational Leader Programs.
210-B - Graduate-Level Teacher and Educational Leadership Program Deregistration and Suspension.
210-C - Interstate Reciprocity Agreement for Post-Secondary Distance Education Programs.
211 - Review of Regents Learning Standards.
211-A - Enhanced State Accountability System.
211-B - Consequences for Consistent Lack of Improvement in Academic Performance.
211-C - Distinguished Educators.
211-D - Contract for Excellence.
211-E - Educational Partnership Organizations.
211-F - Takeover and Restructuring Failing Schools.
212-A - Return of Deposits for Professional and Graduate Schools.
212-C - Teacher Accreditation Review Fees.
213 - Extension of Educational Facilities.
213-B - Unlawful Sale of Dissertations, Theses and Term Papers.
214 - Institutions in the University.
215-A - Annual Report by Regents to Governor and Legislature.
215-B - Annual Report by Commissioner to Governor and Legislature.
215-C - Promoting Cost-Effectiveness in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools.
215-D - State University of New York Report on Economic Development Activities.
216-A - Applicability of Not-for-Profit Corporation Law.
216-C - Special Provisions for Cutlery and Knife Museums That Exhibit Automatic Knifes.
218 - Conditions of Incorporation.
219 - Change of Name or Charter.
221 - Dissolution of Educational Institution by Stockholders.
222 - Suspension of Operations.
223 - Consolidation or Merger of Corporations.
224-A - Students Unable Because of Religious Beliefs to Register or Attend Classes on Certain Days.
225 - Unlawful Acts in Respect to Examinations and Records.
226 - Powers of Trustees of Institutions.
227 - Colleges May Construct Water-Works and Sewer Systems.
228 - The Hamilton College Sewer District.
229 - County Educational Institutions.
230 - Municipal Training Institute.
231 - Town and County Officers Training School.
232 - Departments and Their Government.
233 - State Museum; Collections Made by the Staff.
233-A - Property of the State Museum.
233-AA - Property of Other Museums.
233-B - New York State Freedom Trail Commission.
235-A - New York State Biodiversity Research Institute.
235-B - New York State Biological Survey.
236 - Public Television and Radio.
238 - Chair on Geriatrics in the State University.
238-A - Statewide Resource Centers for Geriatric Education.
239 - Albert Einstein Chairs in Science and Albert Schweitzer Chairs in the Humanities.
239-A - Collection and Distribution of Student's Residual Consumer Goods.