 Effective January 10, 2017, the New York State Education Department Board of Regents denied Bramson Ort College's renewal of accreditation.As a result, the college stopped enrolling new students and created a teach-out plan for its enrolled students.On January 18, 2017, officials representing Bramson alerted the U.S. Department of Education of the cessation of operations as a degree-granting institution on February 20, 2017, and that instruction at their Forest Hills and Brooklyn locations in New York would end.