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FILE — In this April 12, 2021 file photo, students from Suffolk County Community College prepare to get vaccinated during a news conference on COVID-19 vaccination at the school, in Brentwood, N.Y. Several colleges in the state announced the cancellation of vaccination clinics using the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. (Michael M. Santiago/Pool via AP, File)
NY to follow federal recommendation, pause J&J vaccinations

By Karen Matthews Apr. 13, 2021 10:34 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2021 file photo, Pastor Darryl Frazier, left, and State Sen. Leroy Comrie get a COVID-19 vaccine before the opening of a mass vaccination site in the Queens borough of New York. New Yorkers over 16 years old can sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations starting Tuesday, April 6 a major expansion of eligibility as the state seeks to immunize as many people as possible. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool, File)
COVID-19 vaccine eligibility expands to 16 and over in NY

Apr. 06, 2021 01:00 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021 photo, a health care worker, left, screens a person who waited in line at a COVID-19 vaccination site at CitiField, in the Queens borough of New York. Some New Yorkers are driving hours to get the COVID-19 vaccine because they are unable to find appointments closer to home through a state website. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Some New Yorkers traveling hours away from home for vaccine

By Marina Villeneuve Feb. 16, 2021 04:41 PM EST

A woman wears a protective mask during the coronavirus pandemic in Times Square Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Worries about vaccine rollout rise as NY finds virus variant

By Marina Villeneuve And Karen Matthews Jan. 04, 2021 12:48 PM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2017, file photo, a student goes about his day on the Buffalo State College campus in Buffalo, N.Y. Students attending college at one of New York's public universities in the spring of 2021 will have to quarantine at home for a week first and be tested for COVID-19 when they arrive on campus, officials announced Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson, File)
Quarantine, COVID-19 tests for SUNY students in spring

By Carolyn Thompson Nov. 08, 2020 09:04 AM EST

NY to test SUNY students for virus before Thanksgiving break

By Marina Villeneuve Oct. 27, 2020 08:41 AM EDT
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's public university system is requiring students to test negative for the coronavirus before they can leave for Thanksgiving break...

SUNY Cortland extends online classes for 2 more weeks

Oct. 20, 2020 06:51 PM EDT
CORTLAND, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York college campus that had temporarily switched to online classes because of the coronavirus is extending it for another...

After COVID-19 outbreak, SUNY Oneonta president departs

Oct. 15, 2020 09:44 PM EDT
ONEONTA, N.Y. (AP) — The State University of New York at Oneonta on Thursday announced its president had resigned to “pursue other opportunities,” following a...

Binghamton U will go remote for 2 weeks amid virus uptick

Oct. 07, 2020 02:18 PM EDT
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) — Binghamton University will suspend in-person classes Thursday for two weeks amid a local increase in coronavirus cases. ...

Coronavirus cases send classes online at SUNY Cortland

Oct. 05, 2020 09:32 PM EDT
CORTLAND, N.Y. (AP) — Students at an upstate college campus will be switching to remote learning for two weeks because of rising coronavirus cases, officials...

SUNY Oswego halts in-person classes amid COVID-19 outbreak

Sep. 18, 2020 02:35 PM EDT
OSWEGO, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York college is suspending in-person classes for two weeks because of a coronavirus outbreak, officials announced Friday,...

Cuomo: COVID-19 a problem on New York campuses

Sep. 08, 2020 06:33 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that COVID-19 outbreaks at colleges are already a problem, with one school shut down and cases rising on other...

This photo, released by the Suffolk County Police, on New York's Long Island, Thursday, June 11, 2020, shows a device found in the backpack of Robert Roden. Roden, 33, was arrested on weapons and drug charges after police said he walked into Stony Brook University Hospital Tuesday night with a backpack later found to contain three explosive devices and a vest holding several magazines of gun ammunition. (Suffolk County Police via AP)
Police: Man brought explosives into Long Island hospital

Jun. 11, 2020 05:59 PM EDT

SUNY chancellor will be next Ohio State University president

By Kantele Franko Jun. 03, 2020 11:54 AM EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The chancellor of New York’s public university system will become Ohio State University's next president as both institutions confront...

FILE - In this March 29, 2020, file photo, a Samaritan's Purse crew works on building an emergency field hospital equipped with a respiratory unit in New York's Central Park across from the Mount Sinai Hospital. Uncertainty in planning for the pandemic has left the globe dotted with dozens of barely used or unused temporary field hospitals. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Many field hospitals went largely unused, will be shut down

By Michael R. Sisak Apr. 29, 2020 04:12 PM EDT