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"Lighthouse said all along that we would comply with New York State guidelines, but the county insisted that we go well above and beyond those guidelines as a condition of reopening."

“This is a public health crisis and you have cut them off from the outside world.”

The school originally moved online this month.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo deemed part of Chemung County an orange "warning" zone and part of Steuben County a yellow "buffer" zone.

So far, 55 students have been suspended or banned from campus because of COVID violations.

The district will need to test around 20 percent of those coming into the schools—including teachers, students and staff—each week.

As of Wednesday, there were 540 active cases across the county, including 191 in Binghamton.

54 new active cases were added to the county's COVID-19 dashboard between Wednesday and Thursday, with 8 people currently hospitalized.

The majority of cases are not driven by college students, either. Garnar said just 21 of the 193 active cases are Binghamton University students.

County Manager Jack Wheeler and Steuben Public Health Director Darlene Smith announced an uptick in cases at the nursing home Tuesday afternoon.