[BAW]

This will be an interesting experiment. $163 is the benchmark projected cost. Let's see how this works out in 5 years . . .

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The teachers unions appreciate your support.

[mountn man]

If you think college is expensive now, wait until it is free.

[Sasparilla]

...free for middle-class students....

What about everyone else? Doesn’t that defy the Constitution’s equal protection clause?

[Sacajaweau]

Why do I have to pay for my kid and someone else’s kid. Get a job.

[mountn man]

To qualify the student would have to meet certain class load and grade point average restrictions, and room and board would not be covered.

I see tuitions going up and the classes getting easier.

Colleges will see this as easy money.

[Sacajaweau]

Whatever happened to a kid getting a job to help pay for college? Oh....needs those $100 NIKEs.

[mass55th]

When Andrew’s father Mario was Governor, he provided free college education to convicted felons in NY’s prison system. When I worked at Auburn Prison, inmates there could get a Bachelor’s Degree from Syracuse University for free. Thankfully, George Pataki eliminated that policy.

[Sacajaweau]

High School graduation rate in Rochester NY is about 40%. Maybe it will motivate some of these kids to stay in school. yeh right.....

[Blood of Tyrants]

Nothing is free. NY will raise their taxes to pay for it.

[Fungi]

Liberals never learn about spending other people’s money. Just another nail in the coffin for New York and another impetus for mass emigration out of this rabid leftist hellhole named New York. Expect taxes to go up as everyone flees to southern climes. Commies never learn, incapable of it.

[central_va]

Just cap tuition at some arbitrary low number, like $3,000/semester. If the feds can dictate minimum wage surely they can dictate maximum tuition.

[Tzimisce]

New York is just going to raise middle class taxes a couple hundred percent to pay for it.

You’re welcome. :)

[BuffaloJack]

Cuomo playing Santa Claus with our money.

[MtnClimber]

When it has no cost it has no value.

[DBrow]

Is there an age limit? If not I’ll go get a degree in Fisheries Management, then an associate’s degree in medical dosimetry. After that we’ll see what’s next.

[soycd]

It’s only “free” for those that do not have to work to pay for it.

[PLMerite]

Like the girls on the corner used to say, “it ain’t never free, baby!”

[JohnBrowdie]

soon, a public college education in the state of NY will be worth what it costs; nothing.

[DBrow]

Interesting- at SUNY "tuition" is about 6500, but the total cost is upwards of 20K, the balance being fees and books and room&board:

State-Operated Campuses Baccalaureate Degree Programs State-operated campuses include University Centers, University Colleges and Technology Colleges.
	New York State Residents		Out-of-State Residents 2
	Living on Campus	Commuter	Living on Campus
Direct Costs 5
Tuition	$6,470	$6,470	$16,320 3
Student Fees 1	$1,640	$1,640	$1,640
Room and Board	$12,590	$3,860	$12,590
TOTAL DIRECT COSTS	$20,700	$11,970	$30,550
Indirect Costs 6
Books and Supplies	$1,340	$1,340	$1,340
Personal Expenses	$1,560	$1,590	$1,560
Transportation	$1,080	$1,890	$1,180
TOTAL INDIRECT COST	$3,980	$4,820	$4,080

[JohnBrowdie]

this means one thing, and only one thing; cuomo is running in 2020.