Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Cuomo Announces 'First-of-Its-Kind' Plan to Offer Free College Tuition for Low- and Middle-Income New Yorkers

Anyone with a family income under $125,000 would qualify under the plan, which Bernie Sanders called "revolutionary"

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed a plan to offer free college tuition to New Yorkers whose families make less than $125,000 a year. Hailing the plan as the first of its kind in the nation, Cuomo said Tuesday the "Excelsior Scholarship" would apply to anyone accepted to any two- or four-year city or state university. Nearly a million families would qualify. Source: Cuomo Announces 'First-of-Its-Kind' Plan to Offer Free College Tuition for Low- and Middle-Income New Yorkers | NBC New York  Follow us: @nbcnewyork on Twitter | NBCNewYork on Facebook