For the first time in years, education advocates say they’re optimistic about their long-standing demands the state reverts the City University of New York system to its tuition-free origins thanks to proposals that will increase their budget. They joined students, teachers, alumni, and lawmakers at a rally and march in Queens on Saturday, expressing support for the New Deal for CUNY bill introduced in the state Legislature this past spring.
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