A new medical school run by the City University of New York will open with its first class in fall 2016 after receiving preliminary accreditation, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s office announced on Tuesday.

The school, the CUNY School of Medicine, to be based at City College in Harlem, will begin with 70 students and have a partnership with the St. Barnabas Health System in the South Bronx, Michael Arena, a spokesman for CUNY, said.

He added that there are plans for modest growth in class sizes over the next decade.

The school, the seventh in the city to be accredited by the national Liaison Committee on Medical Education, can get full accreditation after its initial class is in its final year.