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college is coming.

Now's the time to think about saving with NY 529.

Why NY 529?

The NY 529 Direct Plan is designed to make saving for higher education easy. It offers tax and other advantages* that other ways to save may not. And it’s easy to open.

It's easy to
open a 529.

Get started.

All you need is your Social Security number and the child’s Social Security number and birthday.

Save what you can.

There is no minimum to open, so there is no reason not to start saving today.

Choose your savings style.

You can choose to add savings when you wish or have them directly deposited at set times, or a little of both.

Open Now

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Why now?

Even if your kids are little, time flies. And every year that passes, college costs seem to rise. Saving now could mean borrowing less for school in the future.

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Why not?

NY 529 is flexible. Use savings at any of more than 6,000 two- and four-year college, as well as trade schools and qualified apprenticeship programs.