New York Dream Act Bill to be Reintroduced in Legislature
MIKE VILENSKY
A bill that would give some illegal immigrants access to public financial aid for college will be reintroduced in the Assembly this week, state lawmakers said.
That legislation, the Dream Act, failed in the Senate last March and was subsequently left out of the state budget, after passing in the Assembly.
Because the legislation failed in the Senate, it needs to be reintroduced in the Assembly and then voted on again in that house in order to move forward. If it passes again in the Assembly, it would need to also pass in the Senate, where it failed only three months ago, in order to go to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s desk.
The bill’s Assembly sponsor, Assemblyman Francisco Moya, told The Wall Street Journal that the bill would be reintroduced in the Assembly this week. “The bill is alive,” he said. “The Dream Act is not dead.”
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2014/05/13/new-york-dream-act-bill-to-be-reintroduced-in-legislature/?mod=WSJBlog&mod=WSJ_NY_NY_Blog
