[tenderstone jr.]

The $12,000 figure includes not only tuition, but room and board, books, supplies, and transportation. The actual tuition is only a few thousand. Some of these SUNY schools are top-rate (Geneseo, Binghamton), and a fraction of the cost of private schools. I would have no problem with my taxpayer dollars going towards paying the tuition, but it's not fair to children whose parents are victims of random violence. If a man is shot dead while walking the family dog, do his children get free tuition?

[Jened]

Good points. You are right about $12,000/year including room&board, etc but it looks like the proposal will cover all that. ny already offers scholarships to residents (TAP) unless that has been discountinued.
I could go along with paying killed rescue worker families as they are sacrificing a lot. It is part of the job, and i don't know if they are discriminated against in life insurance quotes since they are in a hazardous occupation.

[marigold]

I agree. Not being a New Yorker, I won't say too much about this, but it does amaze me how generous our governments seem to be in this instance. With tax money, that is.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't these Trade Center jobs pretty high-dollar? I can understand helping out the families of firemen and policemen, public employees, with scholarships, but the children of millionaire financiers?