There will be a 4 Year “stay in NY after graduation” requirement as well. Next step will be a wall to keep people IN.
Also, like everything in America now, “free” tuition will be means-tested. It will NOT be free if you make above $125K per year.
As mentioned, it will kill private colleges in NY.
Finally, with increased state control and funding, progressives will have just another strong lever of political control, censure and social-engineering. The leftist swamp of academia will become that much more concentrated.
What high-school graduate is making more than $125K? Unless you mean their parents make more than that.
Anything that keeps the young libs in NY and out of my state can't be all bad.