The application period for New York’s Excelsior Scholarship program for the Spring 2024 term is now open. The Excelsior Scholarship, in combination with other student financial aid, allows eligible full-time students to attend a SUNY or CUNY … [Read more...]
Cuts in State Funding Cause Concern for Community Colleges
ALBANY - Community Colleges throughout New York State would likely suffer from a funding cut under Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposed 2019 state budget. The spending plan, which was released on Tuesday in Albany, includes a flat funding formula for the … [Read more...]
State Legislature Comes to Tentative Agreement on Budget
ALBANY - State lawmakers have finally come to an agreement on a new state budget. Upstate Uber, increased tuition assistance, and more money for schools are just a few of the items in the new $152 billion state budget poised for passage today in … [Read more...]
State Legislature Brings Forward Alternate Plans for Governor’s Excelsior Scholarship Program
ALBANY - Both the State Assembly and State Senate's one-house budgets have recommended changes to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s $163 million proposal to offer free tuition at public colleges in New York to some middle-class students. Cuomo’s plan – known as … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Rey Muniz III Discusses the Excelsior Scholarship Proposal
MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE Originally airing Thursday, March 9, 2017. WRFA Public Affairs Director Jason Sample talks with Chautauqua County native and current University at Albany Director of Legislative Affairs Rey Muniz III about Gov. … [Read more...]
[LISTEN] Community Matters – Andy Goodell Discusses NYS Executive Budget
MOBILE APP USERS: LISTEN HERE Originally airing Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017. WRFA Public Affairs Director Jason Sample talks with NYS Assemblyman Andy Goodell about the 2017-18 executive budget, offered by Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier this month. … [Read more...]
Cuomo Unveils Enhanced Child Care Tax Credit Proposal as Part of 2017 Agenda
ALBANY - Governor Andrew Cuomo Thursday unveiled a new Enhanced Middle Class Child Care Tax Credit that he says will help more than 200,000 middle class families make their child care more affordable. For many families, limited access to these … [Read more...]
Cuomo Unveils Plan to Offer Free College Tuition to Thousands of New Yorkers
ALBANY - Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to offer free college tuition to low to middle income students in New York. On Tuesday the governor unveiled the first signature proposal of his 2017 agenda: making college tuition-free for New York’s … [Read more...]
