New York Tag

Earlier this week, I blogged about New York's 'free' college tuition initiative. Not only is there no such thing as a free lunch, there's definitely no such thing as a free government offering as The Excelsior Scholarship illustrates. Among the many strings attached to the tuition program, one of the most unrealistic is the requirement that tuition recipients serve state work time after graduation. Those finishing a two-year degree would be required to remain in New York for two years post-college while bachelor degree holders would be required to stay in the Empire State (presumably working) for four years. Leave before the state-mandated time and the scholarship turns into a loan that must be paid back. New York's Director of the Division of Budget in the Governor's office read our post and offered an alternative explanation to the unworkable (as I called it) tuition program. For debate's sake, we've posted his response in full beneath.