Flatbush Assembly member Rodneyse Bichotte yesterday hailed the assembly passage of the New York Sate Development, Relieve and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act allowing children of immigrants to apply for state scholarships and the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) to help with the cost of higher education.
“Today, my colleagues and I voted to pass the Dream Act, once again reaffirming our chamber’s commitment to the disadvantaged and hard-working undocumented community of college-going immigrants,” said Bichotte. “Like so many others, my family immigrated to New York. When we arrived from Haiti, we were without help and struggled to make ends meet. Working several jobs, my mother fought and scraped so that my siblings and I could pursue our American Dream. But for all the disadvantages we faced, we never suffered the indignity of working, paying taxes and trying to attend college and having absolutely no financial support from the state.”
