It's hard for legislators who fought those cuts to reconcile that fight with Cuomo's new education
policy — especially because SUNY and CUNY will almost certainly see a surge of new students if
tuition becomes free to state
residents.
One major hurdle to an on - time budget, DeFrancisco said, is Cuomo's proposal for free public - university
tuition.He said the free
tuition proposal is just another example of the way Cuomo has pushed for expensive
policies that drive out «productive» state
residents like business owners and taxpayers.