The New York Dream Act is 2019 New York State law extending eligibility for state-funded financial aid and scholarships to attend university to undocumented youth who arrived in the United States before the age of 18, a group often referred to as "DREAMers" and defined by the DREAM Act.
The bill makes students who attended a high school in New York State and graduated or passed a high school equivalency test eligible to apply for taxpayer-funded financial assistance.
[1] The Democratic Party was in control of both houses of the state legislature and held the Governorship when the bill was passed.
[2] The New York Act is seen as part of the Democratic Party’s increasingly progressive left wing position on immigration.
[3][4][5][6] It was opposed by Republican politicians arguing that it diverts public funds from supporting the education of citizens of the United States.