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SAY "NO" TO FREE COLLEGE FOR PRISONERS

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Shari Dann
12 years ago

My husband and I have worked two jobs to make sure our 3 children had good college educations. This has been for 15 years and now the governor expects us to help educate criminals!!! I don't think so!! One more reason to leave New York!!!!

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Silvio Zallo
12 years ago

thank you Senator

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Steven Rolfe
12 years ago

The SUNY system offered no scholarships or discounts to my twin sons who graduated from high school with honors.......but Nee York expects me as a taxpayer to pay for law breaker's college education!!!

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Robert Aures
12 years ago

Pay for college for non criminals,why should criminals get something hard working people don't....

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Steve walker
12 years ago

This is just wrong cutting funding to Public school and helping inmates

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rich ceremuga
12 years ago

why don't we take care of the law abiding citizens. the convicts incarcerated in n.y. get enough as it is.STOP REWARDING them for commiting crimes.

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Chip Labourdette
12 years ago

Pay for tax payers kids first

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Joan E. Jackson
12 years ago

SOOOOOOOO "INSANE"

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Debra Dunham
12 years ago

I join the ranks of individuals who disagree with this proposal.

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Noreen Greenman
12 years ago

How do we tell our children to be good when all we do is reward bad. I have a friend of mine who's daughter is in college to become a veterinarian and may have to drop out because of finances. I am so sad to see my beautiful country going to hell. I guess we can't fix stupid.

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Barbara Fontana
12 years ago

I have a job and work for my money. I could not afford to go to college, why should I have to pay for scum to go to college? Am I missing something? Do I have to be a criminal or a millionaire to get a break in this life? STOP!!! The middle class has payed enough! Our backs are broken! Please stop this insanity!!

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Susan Miller
12 years ago

Law abiding citizens have to pay for college why shouldn't criminals!

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Tiffany Covert
12 years ago

people pay a lot of money to go to college and build a career. i think it's rediculous and to offer free college to rapists, child monsters, murderers, and other criminals. think about it....do you want the man/woman who raped/molested you getting a degree in prison that makes them capable of becoming your child or grandchilds teacher or doctor after serving their sentence?!?! i sure as heck don't. i think gov. cuomo's proposal should be ripped up and thrown out!!!

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David M. Stanton
12 years ago

No! This unjust to the middle class!

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Beatrice Stone
12 years ago Featured

SO, in New York state, if you commit a felony you get a free ride through college...but if you are a law-abiding student with decent grades and working parents, your reward is to come out of college buried in debt so deep, you may NEVER recover?? NO!

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Anonymous
12 years ago

Taxpayers already pay a lot to house inmates. Prison is the place for inmates to do their time, in other words, the place for them to pay the debt they owe to society (taxpayers) for their criminal behavior they perpetrated against it. Gov. Cuomo has it backwards if he believes taxpayers owe prison inmates a college education. Prison inmates are not entitled. To better educate themselves, they can use the resources already available to them like prison libraries. They can also participate in self-supporting jobs in prison or outside crews under tight security.

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Anonymous
12 years ago

Please restore tap funds for middle class

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Zac
12 years ago

As a young, law abiding citizen that has my own student loan debt, this is an outrage. This proposition is another one of Cuomo's ridiculous ideas.

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Gail L Olivieri
12 years ago

Gov Cuomo the American Opportunity Credit is denied to felons and you want to give them a few ride. Really. Let's get the kids to stay in High School & get a job so they don't end up in prision.

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Gary D. Fuller
12 years ago

I consider tuition assistance for the law abiding citizens to be a better way to go.