Infuriated lawmakers blasted Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to use taxpayer dollars to send migrants to college.
“[Hochul] is proposing tuition hikes for students who live here and now these same bureaucrats are going to turn around and grant free room and board because the elected officials from sanctuary cities can’t handle the influx of immigrants,” said state Sen. Robert Ortt .Adams plans to provide as many as 100 migrants with 12 months of classes and room and board at the State University of New York’s Sullivan Community College in the Catskills, which could turn into a permanent program.
And while many students are eligible for free tuition or subsidized tuition — they still must pay the full freight for room and board. Rep. Nick Langworthy — who is also the state Republican Party chairman — called the freebies for migrants “outrageous.” SUNY colleges such as Stony Brook and Buffalo could boost tuition up to 6% a year under Hochul’s plan.“It’s a very out-of-left-field program. He couldn’t work something out with a program for migrants with one of the CUNY community colleges? All the CUNY community colleges have adult education programs,” one CUNY source said.
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