Fair enough. We would need to wait and see the actual piece of legislation and I assume they wouldn't single out these institutions otherwise it would be too easy to contest at the state supreme court.

Here's the text to the amendment and, for now, it's just about allowing the state government to start taxing private institutions of higher education (not museums nor other non-profits though): https://www.nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_fld=&leg_video=&bn=S...