OPINION: A response to Cuomo’s state budget plans
The finish line for the state budget is slated for April 1. In order to meet that deadline, the N.Y. Senate and Assembly are likely to advance their own budget plans and then conference to work out their differences while they negotiate with the governor — all over the next few weeks!
One of the big problems with the budget is that the governor’s budget plan puts funding for the entire Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) at risk. His plan says that unless the legislature approves college financial aid for undocumented immigrants and tax credits for students attending private and parochial schools, there will be no money in the budget for TAP.
TAP could be completely eliminated — all $1 billion in aid for over 300,000 New York college student recipients. It boggles the mind. The governor’s plan is negligent and dangerous; it is time students put a stop to this issue and call on our elected representatives to end the threat against New York future, its students!
Brooklyn Boro
View MoreNew York City’s most populous borough, Brooklyn, is home to nearly 2.6 million residents. If Brooklyn were an independent city it would be the fourth largest city in the United States. While Brooklyn has become the epitome of ‘cool and hip’ in recent years, for those that were born here, raised families here and improved communities over the years, Brooklyn has never been ‘uncool’.