Yale to Provide 300 Beds, COVID-19 Testing to Police Officers, Firefighters After Criticism

Trees bloom on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Conn., on April 16, 2008. Christopher Capozziello/Getty Images

Yale University said that it would provide 300 beds and expedite COVID-19 testing to its home city’s first responders who may have been exposed to the virus.

The move came after New Haven, Connecticut, Mayor Justin Elicker criticized Yale for declining to make a residence hall available to the city’s police officers and firefighters. Elicker said during a Friday online press conference that the Ivy League school turned down the mayor’s request because “all of the residence hall rooms on campus are filled with student belongings.”