You would qualify for TAP, I believe as well. Hoping @sybbie719 responds.
Can your family pay the EFC you think you have…that $5000 or so a year? What can they pay per year? That is a very important number to know.
Are your parents self employed? Do they own a business? Are they divorced? Do they own real estate in addition to your primary residence?
You have some SUNY schools on your list…have you considers CUNY?
Is there a NY public within commuting distance of your home?
He could also consider the Macaulay Honors Program might work for him, making it free plus a stipend. Otherwise CUNYs have some great programs with a cost of about $6K per year. OP you could graduate debt free.
Also, the list I gave above please look at. Some have estimated costs including R&B at about $5K-$6K per year for lowest income levels. See for example LaFayette.
If you go through the list I gave above several might work for you. Because SATs are not being given this year, you might find several that are test optional when in previous years they weren’t.
Here is the list again: Check these schools under the NET PRICE TAB in COLLEGE NAVIGATOR. That will tell you your approximate cost for each school. You can get a closer estimate then by running NPC.
LaFayette; Lehigh; Vassar; Williams; Hamilton; Amherst; St. Lawrence in NY; Hobart and William Smith in NY; Wheaton in Massachusetts; Wesleyan; Connecticut College (the private LAC not UConn); Trinity in Hartford; Colby and Bates in Maine; Tufts; Oberlin; Grinnell; Earlham in Indiana (it’s almost in Ohio); Haverford outside of Philly (part of a consortium); Swarthmore; St. Olaf; Lake Forest; Union in Schenectady
My son applied to a couple that were financial reaches by the NPC just to see what would happen come Spring with their final offers. Every school he applied to (7 of them) ended up with a financial aid offer very close to what the NPC had kicked out.
What is your EFC?
How much have your parents said they are willing to pay for you to attend college
Have you run the NET Price Calculators?
The questions that @thumper1 asks are very important because they help give us a better view of your family situation
for example if you live in a single parent household
some schools will ask for the income/assets of your non custodial parent
the net price calculators are not accurate for families who are self employed, own their own business or have assets outside of the residential home.
Do you live in the city where you can commute to CUNY?
What is the closest SUNY where you can commute?
If you can’t afford the school, and the net price calculator confirms that, then I think we answered the question. Affordability is a precondition before you start applying. Hoping a school will give you more financial aid is wishful thinking. They have plenty of applicants willing and able to pay their outrageous tuition prices.