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The State University of New York at Oneonta on Thursday announced its president had resigned to “pursue other opportunities,” following a coronavirus outbreak that forced the school to switch to all-remote classes for the rest of the semester. The central New York school said in a statement Dennis Craig would temporarily take on the role formerly held by Barbara Jean…

In a statement, the president of SUNY Cortland said the campus would remain open and students living there would continue to do so, but would be doing classwork remotely

In an attempt to ensure bars and restaurants in areas where college students gather are abiding by COVID health measures, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state will increase enforcement efforts around popular establishments frequented by college students. With outbreaks linked to colleges and universities across the nation, and in the state, “these stepped-up efforts will help keep our students, faculty,…

SUNY Oneonta will close for in-person instruction for the rest of the semester and send students home following a spike in coronavirus infections, the university said Thursday. Chancellor Jim Malatras initially put the college on a two-week “pause” period Aug. 30 in order to focus on testing while limiting the spread of COVID-19. At that point, there had been 105…

After a coronavirus outbreak, SUNY Oneonta has sent their students an official letter to send them home, Rana Novini reports.

There has been a rise in cases on SUNY campuses across the state, Lynda Baquero reports.

Nine students were suspended along with the Theta Chi and Zeta Beta Xi fraternities and the Sigma Delta Tau sorority after allegedly violating the university’s pandemic rules

BREAKING UPDATE: NYC Schools to Delay Opening as Mayor, Union Reach Deal to Avert Teacher Strike Gov. Andrew Cuomo has raised a warning flag for schools that are expected to reopen in person in some capacity in less than two weeks, forewarning that clusters of COVID-19 cases that have been popping in colleges will inevitably happen to some degree when…

Andrew Siff and Brian Thompson report on the latest in the coronavirus.

Earlier this month, the city’s largest teachers’ union threatened to strike — and that could still on the table if its agreements with de Blasio on how to safely welcome educators and kids back to in-person learning disintegrate further.The union’s at-time fractious relationship with City Hall has been made that much more tense by looming layoffs — 22,000 city workers,...

“We have to be careful. New York is very much the exception to what is going on around the world with COVID. But we have to protect that progress,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on a teleconference Sunday. NBC New York’s Katherine Creag reports.

SUNY Oneonta will close for in-person instruction for the next two weeks following a spike in coronavirus infections, incoming Chancellor Jim Malatras said Sunday. The primary source of the infection spread has been traced to a number of student parties in and around campus, state officials said. So far, five students and three campus organizations have been suspended for their…

Eleven Montclair State students have been sent home to quarantine after attending an off-campus party that violated the school’s COVID-19 protocols, John Chandler has the latest response from students and staff

Hundreds of SUNY and CUNY students who were studying abroad in coronavirus-exposed countries are returning home. Ken Buffa reports.

The Empire State Development’s life science initiative would provide $ 20 million in initial funding to identify and recruit 200,000 people for genetic testing

Concerns over tainted continued to flow Wednesday in the Ulster County Village of New Paltz. After some residents started reporting a foul smell and taste over the weekend, local officials told residents not to use the water at all. Officials have been monitoring the situation since Monday. On Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that the cause of it all was…

The town’s mayor says a burst fuel line that ruptured near a reservoir, and seeped into the ground and a specific section of the water supply. The water did not appear to be contaminated, but more testing is still needed. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

Concerns over tainted continue to flow Wednesday in the Ulster County village of New Paltz. On Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that the cause of it all was a compromised underground fuel line for the village’s water treatment plant heating system. Tracie Strahan reports.

SUNY New Paltz canceled classes and told students to leave campus until next week as the town looks into a water issue, after residents complained about the smell and taste of the tap water over the weekend. NBC New York’s Anjali Hemphill reports.