@Mwfan1921
Nope.
They are going to start with students who received excelsior last year. The catch is if you did not successfully complete 30(60,90,120) credits, you will not be eligible for continued excelsior. I think you will need some really extenuating circumstances to get an appeal.
The NYC DOE is talking layoffs for next year (something that has not happened in decades) dur to the short fall in tax revenue.
I did advise families to get the application in asap. I read on my CNN feed that the next package has 105 billion for education.