$65 CUNY fee nixed for poorer kids
that he was wearing a Nazi uniform and that more World War II paraphernalia was found in his home.
Mayor Sylvester Turner told KTRK-TV that the lawyer was “disgruntled.”
“He was either fired or had a bad relationship with this law firm,” Turner said.
DeSai’s former law partner, Kenneth McDaniel, told the Houston Chronicle they had dissolved their firm in February due to a lack of business. APPLYING TO COLLEGE just got cheaper for some of the city’s poorest families.
Mayor de Blasio and CUNY officials announced Monday that the $65 application fee currently required by the city’s public colleges will now be waived for lowincome public school kids.
Officials say the change in policy will benefit an estimated 37,500 high school seniors this year alone. For struggling families, de Blasio said, “$65 matters.” “This is something that we think is going to make a big difference,” he said.
Eligible schoolkids include students who live in homeless shelters or are in the foster-care system. The program also extends to kids who are eligible for federal free and reduced-price lunch programs.
To be eligible for those programs, a family of three must earn about $37,000 or less annually.
The initiative will cost $2.4 million a year, most of which is coming from city coffers, and allow the eligible kids to apply to up to six City University of New York schools for free.
Nearly 60% of New York City collegebound public school kids end up enrolling in CUNY schools, according to CUNY Chancellor James Milliken.