http://money.cnn.com/2017/04/10/pf/college/suny-cuny-tuition-free-college/

there is a new scholarship that allows SUNY/CUNY students go to school tuition-free, this scholarship is called the excelsior scholarship. you have to meet many criteria to be eligible for this scholarship such as having to stay in new york for as many years they had the scholarship or if your family earns no more than $100,000 a year.