New York, NY —

Making good on a promise to combat the city's nursing shortage, Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced a plan to train more people to become nurses. Speaking at Saint Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village, Quinn says she's reached a deal with local hospitals to send 10 experienced nurses to teach nursing students at the City University of New York. Quinn says the five year program will allow CUNY to admit 100 additional nursing students annually.

QUINN: "These are 575 New Yorkers who want to be nurses, who are ready to work, and may not be working now because we didn't have the proper resources to train them."

It's not clear how the nurses would be paid in their role as guest faculty. Officials say the funding is still being worked out.