The New York Times: Home

Registration

The Library is proud to present to all York College students, faculty and staff an 'Academic Pass' to the digital version of The New York Times. The Academic Pass provides you with full access to NYTimes.com and the NYTimes.com smartphone apps* for a period of 52 weeks from the date you activate it.

Go to nytimes.com/passes.

1. Click on "Register" to create a NYTimes.com account using your CUNY college email address.
2. At the bottom of the Welcome page, click "Continue."
3. If your email address is from a CUNY College, you will then see "Check your email." Look for our message, Confirm Your Email Address, which should arrive within 15 minutes.
4. Click on the link in our confirmation email. This will simultaneously verify your eligibility and grant your Academic Pass, which will provide access to NYTimes.com for your campus designated period
5. If you don’t get our confirmation email, check your spam filter.  If you still do not receive it, send an email from your school email account to edu@nytimes.com

Smartphone Apps

Your 'Academic Pass' includes access to The New York Times via the NYTimes smartphone apps. To download your smartphone app, visit: nytimes.com/mobile.

Once you have registered and selected your Academic Pass, you can then access nytimes.com from anywhere at any time during the life of that pass from most web capable devices*.

NYTimes.com Academic Pass Benefits

• Enjoy your access to NYTimes.com from any device
• Use your NYTimes.com Academic Pass from any location

* Does not include e-reader editions, Premium Crosswords or The New York Times Crosswords apps. NYTimes apps are not supported on all devices. Access to archived articles within the date range 1923-1980 is limited. You must have a valid email address from York College or any other CUNY College. Other restrictions may apply.

The New York Times

The New York Times Magazine

The New York Times Book Review

To access licensed databases from home, use one of the two methods:

1. CUNY Login

• Firstname.LastnameNN@login.cuny.edu, where “NN” is the last 2 digits of your CUNY EMPL ID

2. Virtual Private Network (VPN)

• Use your York College Network account
• Student (click here)
• Faculty / Staff (click here)

For help: 

Reference Desk: (718) 262-2034

IT Help Desk: (718) 262-5311