Sentences with phrase «free public college tuition»

On other budget fronts, both houses want to tinker with Cuomo's plan for free public college tuition for families making up to $ 125,000 a year.

Lately, she has spent a lot of time hyping the governor's new free public college tuition plan for those from families with household incomes of less than $ 125,000.

The proposal would include his plan to provide free public college tuition for New York families earning up to $ 125,000.

After a week of criticism from the left and the right of the political spectrum, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget director is among those defending the state's new free public college tuition program for some middle - class students.

State lawmakers are due back at the Capitol Monday, following a two - week break after they passed a budget that contained numerous other items, like free public college tuition for some middle class students and an expansion of ride hailing services.

Governor Cuomo's budget director is among those defending the state's new free public college tuition program for some middle class students, after a week of criticism from the left and the right of the political spectrum.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to give another break to immigrant Dreamers by extending free public college tuition to students who were brought into the United States illegally as kids.

It then highlights Cuomo's plans to enact free public college tuition for families making up to $ 125,000, middle - class tax cuts, lower property taxes through local government service consolidations, and making record investments to public schools.

ALBANY — State leaders are near a deal that would provide free public college tuition for many middle class families while also providing more financial aid to students at nonpublic colleges, Sen. Jeff Klein said Wednesday.

It contained numerous non-spending items — like free public college tuition for some middle class students and an expansion of ride - hailing services.

The $ 153.1 billion budget, which the State Legislature passed on Sunday, raised the age of criminal responsibility to 18 years old, included Gov. Andrew Cuomo's free public college tuition plan, brought back the 421 - a tax abatement program for developers and renewed the millionaires tax on people whose salaries are more than $ 1 million.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was joined by Hillary Clinton for the ceremonial signing of the state's free public college tuition program.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the recently enacted state budget included the majority of the priorities that he named in his January State of the State message, including raising the age for adult criminal responsibility from 16 to 18, providing free public college tuition for some middle - class families and allowing ride - hailing services to operate upstate.

And though the proposal for free public college tuition for qualifying students that he announced last week elicited a sustained standing ovation at UB on Monday, some of his transportation initiatives also seemed to score with an appreciative crowd (though he was interrupted twice by hecklers who were quickly escorted from the auditorium).

Seward also mentioned the governor's initiative to provide free public college tuition to students in families that earn less than $ 125,000 per year.

Samuelsen, noting that Cuomo pushed through a $ 15 minimum wage, a paid family leave law and free public college tuition for middle class families, said it's baffling for the WFP wouldn't endorse him.

His proposals for the budget this year grew brasher and more ambitious — free public college tuition!

After his re-election in 2014, Cuomo reinvented himself as a full - throated economic populist, pushing through a minimum wage hike and a paid family leave program, and unveiling massive infrastructure spending plans and a proposal for free public college tuition — though he has been light on details about funding.

State Operations Director Jim Malatras defended the governor's free public college tuition proposal in the Syracuse Post-Standard.

State lawmakers invited SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher to a hearing get more information about Cuomo's plan to provide free public college tuition to thousands of students.

Cuomo's claim comes as he pushes for free public college tuition to students from families in New York state earning less than $ 125,000 a year.

State lawmakers are due back at the Capitol Monday, following a two week break after they passed a budget that contained numerous other items, like free public college tuition for some middle class students and an expansion of ride hailing services.

Recently, the assemblyman criticized the governor's free public college tuition plan.

Cuomo campaign spokeswoman Abbey Fashouer noted Sanders stood with Cuomo when the governor introduced a free public college tuition plan for some students.

Cuomo is proposing to boost education spending by $ 1 billion, or 4.1 %, Medicaid by $ 567 million, or 3.2 %, and spend $ 163 million to create a free public college tuition program for families making up to $ 125,000 that a source said would be covered entirely by the state.

Sanders attended the New York delegation's breakfast at the 2016 Democratic National Convention and also appeared with Cuomo when the governor announced a plan to provide free public college tuition to some students.

Free public college tuition for all!

The governor said progressive victories in New York during his first two terms — including the legalization of same - sex marriage, enactment of a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage and a free public college tuition program for some students — could serve as a blueprint for the rest of the country.

Governor Andrew Cuomo says the recently enacted state budget included the majority of the priorities he named in his January State of the State message, including raising the age for adult criminal responsibility from 16 to 18, providing free public college tuition for some middle - class families, and allowing ride hailing services to operate upstate.

More recently, he has outlined massive infrastructure spending plans as well as a proposal for free public college tuition — though he has yet to provide full accounting of where the funding for these programs will come from.

And a number of the agenda items he's previewed that would need the Legislature, like a free public college tuition plan and an expansion of a child care tax credit, might be difficult for lawmakers to oppose, at least in concept, a source said.