New York may move state colleges with COVID-19 spikes to remote learning
FILE PHOTO: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a daily briefing following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., July 13, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar Cuomo said the regulations would provide a check on the procedures put in place by colleges and give parents transparency about testing at elementary through high schools.
“You have all your protocols. That’s nice,” Cuomo told a news conference. “If the state sees a cluster - just like colleges, just like workplaces, just like restaurants - we see a cluster in a school we are going to come in, override everything.” Cuomo criticized the administration of New York University for not preventing a large gathering of students in nearby Washington Square Park in New York City on Saturday night, and listed several other colleges in the state that have had spikes in COVID-19 cases. He said colleges must now report to the state’s health department when they have in excess of 100 cases, a threshold that would require a shift to remote classes unless there were extenuating circumstances.Cuomo, a Democrat, also accused Republican President Donald Trump of “trying to kill New York City” by not approving infrastructure projects and not advocating for federal aid to states to deal with the economic fallout from the pandemic. Earlier on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Republican leaders will introduce a proposal for additional coronavirus relief on Tuesday. The proposal is expected to have a far smaller scope than the $3 trillion bill passed in the Democratic-led House of Representatives in May. Cuomo said the president and the Senate would court economic disaster if they did not approve federal aid to states.Reporting by Nathan Layne in Wilton, Connecticut; Editing by Chris Reese and Bill Berkrot
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