The site says the free tuition is expected to help many. “Under this groundbreaking proposal, more than 940,000 middle-class families and individuals making up to $125,000 per year would qualify to attend college tuition-free at all public universities in New York State,”
At say $10,000 per year (5000 per semester tuition) those 940,000 middle classers would cost "somebody" 9.4 Billion dollars a year.
And Cuomo is saying it would cost the state $163 Million - that would be $173 per year for those 940,000 middle classers. ;)
Which is part of the reason NYS is hemorrhaging taxpayers, jobs, and House seats.