News New York Sets COVID-19 Case Threshold for Closing Colleges By Dan Clark Published August 27, 2020 at 10:13 AM EDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email SUNY Albany File Photo NEW YORK NOW - Colleges in New York will be required to return to remote learning for at least two weeks if either 100 cases of COVID-19 are diagnosed, or 5% of that institution’s population tests positive, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday.