I can only imagine the riff-raff that will be clogging up the universities when this goes in to effect. When something is free, it has no value.

Even more interesting....the less prepared you are [Lets face it if you are poor, probably no one in your family has been to college so you will get no worthwhile support of encouragement] the more money you get, and the more qualified you are the more obstacles are placed in your way. I cannot think of a better means of creating chaos in education.

If that's what cuomo wants...then cuomo should pay for it himself!
That's what I say.

my son in college asked me where i stood on free college tuition...i asked him why he did not go looking for a job from his "free" high school education...he got it...same thing will happen with a college degree once it is "free"....

NY state will have the most expensive rates for college in the US by the time this is implememented for anyone whose parents have proven successful. NY will be investing in those less likely to succeed by funding those who likely have an inferior upbringing, inferior understanding of the value of capitalism, inferior work ethic, and inferior genetic background. This is typical socialist funding guaranteed failure.

TANSTAAFL!!!!!!!!!!

Typical leftist propaganda. Nothing is free so it is the taxpayers who suffer. Right now we need more people who have semi-technical skills like welders, plumbers, etc. This “freebie” will ensure we have even less of these people. The Universities will welcome all comers as they can make a whole lot of money out of this fiasco. Meanwhile we will have to import Chinese to do these jobs.

Why not? None of this candy mountain at the end of some rainbow free money will come out of Cuomo's pocket.
Oh, that's save for what he libtard "contributes" by paying taxes.
Just ask Bill Clinton about how he spoke of We The People paying such "patriotic contributions" when he was president.
Me dino recalls Slick Willie inspiring some teenager to contribute $1,000 to the government.
Me also have a memory of seeing on TV Bill and Hillary smiling side by side when the kid's contribution was announced.

This will be just great only if Cuomo & gang pay for this with their own money. Of course that will never happen!

I'm a little confused on my math...

In one of these stories, it is stated that this program will affect around 1 million students. The same story claims that the program would cost about $168 million per year.

Now, my calculations come out to around $200 per student, per year...maybe enough to purchase a couple study books, but a year's tuition???

Someone, please correct me if I'm wrong.

Cost goes away, perceived value plummets, people not really seeking to learn enter, employers begin to realize graduates are not as good...
Maybe 10-15 years of fooling people and stealing our money, and NY State colleges become a joke.

Other than us not liking the public cost, I can't believe we don't hear more argument for purely academic merit based eligibility.

New York has a mediocre public school system:

https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with...

Perhaps better policies regarding incentives and rewards for success in teaching as measured by student achievement would help more than expanding on a mediocre program. New educational facilities and better education at the K thru 12 level would constitute improvement and increased demand would result. Expansion will result in new financial liabilities and lack of productivity incentives. Thus will strangle the public university system even further.

Not necessarily a bad idea if only they would do it right which they won't.
Offer each eligible student a school loan with strict rules. Maintain a passing grade average. At the end of 2 or 4 years when you graduate you must remain employed in NY for as long as you were in school, 2 or 4 years. The loan will then be erased or paid in full. Those who flunked out or quit will be on the hook for full repayment of the loan.
Liberals are the most charitable people I know as long as they are spending other peoples money!

I predict President-elect Trump will support something similar to this in the next two years.