New York Laws
Article 126 - Community Colleges and State-Aided Four-Year Colleges
6301 - Definitions.

(i) attended an approved New York high school for two or more years,
graduated from an approved New York high school and applied for
attendance at an institution or educational unit of the state university
within five years of receiving a New York state high school diploma; or
(ii) attended an approved New York state program for general
equivalency diploma exam preparation, received a general equivalency
diploma issued within New York state and applied for attendance at an
institution or educational unit of the state university within five
years of receiving a general equivalency diploma issued within New York
state; or
(iii) was enrolled in an institution or educational unit of the state
university in the fall semester or quarter of the two thousand one--two
thousand two academic year and was authorized by such institution or
educational unit to pay tuition at the rate or charge imposed for
students who are residents of the state.
Provided, further, that a student without lawful immigration status
shall also be required to file an affidavit with such institution or
educational unit stating that the student has filed an application to
legalize his or her immigration status, or will file such an application
as soon as he or she is eligible to do so.
In the event that a person qualified as above for state residence, but
has been a resident of two or more counties in the state during the six
months immediately preceding his application for a certificate of
residence pursuant to section sixty-three hundred five of this chapter,
the charges to the counties of residence shall be allocated among the
several counties proportional to the number of months, or major fraction
thereof, of residence in each county.

6. "Certificate of residence form". A standard form as developed by
the chancellor of the state university of New York, in conjunction with
the chancellor of the city university of New York.