The Faculty Delegate Assembly, composed only of faculty members, was formed to be the organization to express the will of the general faculty. Its membership consists of two faculty members elected by each department, the faculty members of the Administrative Committee of the Hunter College Senate, the members of the Executive Committee of the General Faculty (who also constitute the Executive Committee of the Faculty Delegate Assembly), and all Hunter delegates to the University Faculty Senate.

As set out in the Bylaws of the General Faculty, the Faculty Delegate Assembly works to know and to articulate matters of academic and social concern to the Hunter Faculty. It has no legislative powers as does the Hunter College Senate, but it can respond to faculty concerns and provide a forum for open consideration of significant issues; out of these discussions, policy may be formulated and passed forward for action by legislative bodies like the Hunter College Senate and the University Faculty Senate. The Faculty Delegate Assembly is the official liaison with the University Faculty Senate in that through the FDA the General Faculty elects a designated number of faculty members to represent Hunter on the University Faculty Senate.