“Students deserve degrees, not crushing debt and I continue to stand against any SUNY tuition increases. I’m committed to helping our students gain access to higher education and am happy to deliver a freeze on tuition hikes in this year’s Assembly budget.

“As a parent, I understand the struggles families face when planning for their child’s college education. Now is the time for us to work to help our children with the soaring costs of college tuition and the student-loan debt that often follows.

“Higher education has become unaffordable for millions of New Yorkers as the cost of attending college has risen almost four times faster than median incomes over the past 20 years. Freezing tuition at our SUNY schools will give more people access to higher education without accruing a lifetime of debt.”