Covid vaccination needed for fall enrollment at N.Y. universities
15 May 2021, 15:39 GMT+10
NEW YORK CITY, New York: The 435,000 students enrolled at the State University of New York and the City University of New York must have received the Coronavirus vaccination if they wish to attend classes in the fall.
The requirement comes as officials see a drop throughout the state of people being vaccinated. So, today, no excuses, New York governor Governor Andrew Cuomo said at a briefing during the week. SUNY and CUNY boards will require vaccinations for all in-person students coming back to school in the fall.
Cuomo also said that riders of New York City s subways will receive free seven-day passes after being inoculated. Further, vaccinations will be administered at some subway stations.
Know your candidates: Michael Schnall focused on quality of life with experience at City Hall
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Michael Schnall, a candidate for the North Shore s City Council seat, poses for a photo. (Courtesy: Schnall campaign/Karen O’Donnell Photography)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Michael Schnall grew up on Staten Island, and wants to be the North Shore’s next City Council member.
Schnall has experience in government as a Parks Department staffer under the mayoral administrations of Mike Bloomberg and Bill de Blasio and a financial analyst for the City Council in the early aughts. He now works for a large non-profit organization.
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Time to sue de Blasio to get our full Staten Island Ferry service back (opinion)
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Don’t ask Mayor Bill de Blasio. He doesn’t know.
Don’t ask Hank Gutman, commissioner of the city Department of Transportation. He can’t tell you.
But nothing’s written in stone.
In case you’ve forgotten the plot here, full, around-the-clock, every half hour ferry service has been suspended for more than a year, thanks to COVID-19.
Full daytime service was restored last June, but overnight service, from midnight to 6 a.m., remains on an hourly basis only.
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Students at the State University of New York and the City University of New York must get vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend classes this fall, Governor Andrew Cuomo said Monday.
The requirement, affecting more than 435,000 full-time students, comes as Cuomo and other officials offer a slew of incentives aimed at encouraging people to get inoculated, as they see vaccine demand declining.
“So today, no excuses,” Cuomo said at a briefing. “SUNY and CUNY boards will require vaccinations for all in-person students coming back to school in the fall.”
Cuomo, who has ultimate authority over New York City’s subways, also announced that riders will get free seven-day passes to the system for getting inoculated at station sites that will dispense Johnson & Johnson vaccine starting Wednesday.