Hillary Clinton hailed “a great step for progressives” on Saturday after New York state leaders reached a budget agreement that includes tuition-free college.
Let’s celebrate New York State getting something important done that we wanted to do nationally. A great step for progressives. https://t.co/CmUZ8njtWF
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 8, 2017
“Let’s celebrate New York State getting something important done that we wanted to do nationally. A great step for progressives,” Clinton tweeted in reply to New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Making public colleges and universities free to attend for all was a signature issue of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ during the 2016 Democratic primary campaign, which Clinton scoffed at before adopting certain parts for her own plan during the general election campaign against President Trump.
Under New York’s state budget agreement, tuition for the State University of New York system will be free for families earning less than $100,000 a year starting this fall, with eligibility expanding to $110,000- and $125,000-households in 2018 and 2019. Clinton also capped her national free college plan at $125,000 households.
Clinton was the U.S. senator to New York until former President Barack Obama made his 2008 presidential rival his secretary of state.
