8 MTA stops to offer J&J shots; CUNY, SUNY to require vaccines: Cuomo
NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- New York state will open COVID-19 vaccination hubs at select MTA transit stops — and CUNY and SUNY schools will require in-person students to get vaccinated, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday.
New Yorkers will be able to get Johnson & Johnson vaccines at Grand Central Station, Penn Station, the Bronx's East 180th Street station, the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station; Jamaica's 179th Street station, Brownsville's Broadway Junction station, Hempstead's LIRR station and Ossining's Metro-North station Wednesday, May 12 through Sunday, May 16, Cuomo said at a news briefing.
Subway stop vaccines will come with a free seven-day MetroCard; Metro-North and Long Island Railroad stop vaccines, meanwhile, will come with two free ride tickets, he said.
The initiative is part of a pilot program that will expand and continue if it is successful, he explained.
Cuomo on Monday also announced that SUNY and CUNY schools will require students to get vaccinated against COVID-19 before they return to campuses this fall if the FDA officially approves the ones currently authorized for emergency use.
NEW: SUNY & CUNY will require vaccinations for all in-person students beginning Fall 2021.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) May 10, 2021
I encourage all private colleges & universities to require vaccinations as well.
"Let's make a global statement: You cannot go back to school in-person in September unless you have a vaccine," he said. "That will be a major motivation for people to get the vaccine, and if you have to get it by September you may as well get it now."
