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SAY "NO" TO FREE COLLEGE FOR PRISONERS

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Doug Curella
12 years ago

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Steven McNaughton
12 years ago

Don't screw over the kids in favor of the criminals.

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DENNIS
12 years ago

GOVERNOR CUOMO IDEA OF GIVING PRISONERS A FREE COLLEGE EDUCATION, IS PURE BONKERS; AND NOT SURPRISED WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT (WITH BLACK/PUERTO RICAN/HISPANIC GROUPS)...THAT IS HIS CORE AUDIENCE BECAUSE OF THEIR SOCIALIST VIEWS.

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DENNIS
12 years ago

GOVERNOR CUOMO IDEA OF GIVING PRISONERS A FREE COLLEGE EDUCATION, IS PURE BONKERS; AND NOT SURPRISED WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT (WITH BLACK/PUERTO RICAN/HISPANIC GROUPS)...THAT IS HIS CORE AUDIENCE BECAUSE OF THEIR SOCIALIST VIEWS.

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jim yates
12 years ago

HELL NO!!

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Timothy Hunter
12 years ago

Why is a felon entitled to a free education while there are millions of people like me that rely on financial aide and whatever scholarships we can get, and swim in debt? And then I AM going to pay for it? You're an incompetent moron!

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deborah wiertel
12 years ago

this is way out of line maybe I should have had my kids rob some place instead of paying for their educations..

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Melanie Burns
12 years ago

Fund students who have demonstrated academic excellence who really need it. They will be a benefit to society- not a drain on it.

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Sheila Bunda
12 years ago

Absolutely not!

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Doug Snyder
12 years ago

what the hell. thats just telling people to go to prisson to better your self. get locked up where the state pays for you to live and then get free collage . bull shit. think of the ones that need it like the poor and middle class familys. we the tax payers pay to much already for the convics to live as it is. WTF

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Marlee Cannon
12 years ago

There are many other New Yorkers who are good, law abiding citizens that cannot afford a college education. I'd rather see the funding going to them.

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William McCarthy
12 years ago

It's bullshit to even think of us paying for convicts education !!

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brittany distefano
12 years ago

the taxpayers are the citizens who work hard to provide for their families and the governments continues to take their money to pay for other people who do nothing to deserve it. lets use taxpayer money to support the taxpayers for once, not convicted felons who are already getting shelter, clothes, showers, and meals for free.

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T. Maddox
12 years ago

Let's concentrate on giving FREE college courses to young men and women who haven't committed any crimes, the ones who are struggling to pay for college.

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Joshua Donovan
12 years ago

I'm a lifelong New Yorker, and a registered Dem who voted for Cuomo. I'm also a grad student saddled with thousands of dollars in debt. We desperately need reforms in our prisons and criminal justice system; and I support free education, but that should come first to law-abiding citizens and then to people in prisons. Until then, allow prisoners to earn money to pay for education like everyone else.

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Anonymous
12 years ago

No. Just...NO!!

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Bruce Hopcus
12 years ago

If the Felons were in school to begin with perhaps they wouldn't he in prison.

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Bill Poirier
12 years ago

Stupid idea....we'll end up with educated criminals

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Jeffrey Wheeler
12 years ago

we already pay enough to keep criminals alive! ! p

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Sue Carr
12 years ago

Dont know about anyone else but if I cant afford to send my own kids why the heck would I want to help a convicted felon who would probably continue his bad habits even with a degree. Its Ludicrous he is even asking us to do this.