STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York state students who attend an eligible City University of New York (CUNY) and State University of New York (SUNY) can now apply for a scholarship program that offers free ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — COVID-19 is affecting New York State's revenue, and potentially college aid for the 2020 high school seniors who've had an unprecedented year. Colin Gallo of Tonawanda is about ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is warning incoming SUNY and CUNY freshmen he may have to slash the tuition relief program for middle class families because of the fiscal crisis fueled by the coronavirus crisis — ...

Alaina Hinkley, a recent political science and communications graduate at the State University of New York [SUNY] at Albany, estimates that she has accumulated $21,000 of student loan debt over the ...

The scholarship covers tuition at SUNY schools for middle-class students. Last week the scholarship website would not allow students to apply. Earlier this week, the state warned that Excelsior Awards ...

(photo: Kevin P. Coughlin/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo) In January 2017, Governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled the Excelsior Scholarship, New York State’s “free college” initiative. About 20,000 ...

(WHAM) - A new report about the Excelsior Scholarship program in New York is calling the program wasteful, crudely designed, and regressive. The report published Monday by the Empire Center, an ...

Spring semester applications are open for a state scholarship that, in combination with other financial aid programs, helps low- and middle-income students to attend New York's public colleges tuition ...

ALBANY – The concerns, and panic for some, began spreading in during August, when public college students in New York could not get answers about the status of their Excelsior scholarship awards.

• The Excelsior Scholarship program, which provides tuition assistance to New York state colleges and universities, shut down applications temporarily due to coronavirus concerns; it is now open again ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Applications opened Tuesday for a state scholarship program that offers free tuition to eligible City University of New York (CUNY) and State University of New York (SUNY) ...