A tunnel for Hochul is being built in the state Capitol

And aid in dying could head to the Senate floor as early as next week.

Good afternoon — it’s Thursday and National Paperclip Day.

In today’s CapCon:

• The Capitol will soon have a new addition: a passageway for Gov. Hochul.

• Physician-assisted death, known as aid in dying, may soon hit the Senate floor.

• Lobbying efforts on the packaging reduction bill are being targeted at non-white lawmakers as it’s considered in the Assembly.

• New York may soon reimburse living organ donors for their expenses and increase broadband speeds for low-income consumers.

• A new bill aims to prevent local governments from secretly removing fluoride from the water supply.

• A new episode of the CapCon podcast has dropped. Link below!

Names in today’s CapCon: Kathy Hochul, Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Jessica Scarcella-Spanton, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Patrick Burke, Michelle Hinchey

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I spoke with Assemblyman Alex Bores about Will Smith eating spaghetti, Westworld and the future of artificial intelligence in New York. Enjoy!

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The passageway (Dan Clark/Times Union)

🛠️ A passageway is being built for Hochul at the Capitol

If you’ve visited the second floor of the state Capitol lately, you might have noticed a strange structure being built beside the Great Western Staircase, better known as the Million Dollar Staircase.

It started as a small box-shaped facade of metal beams at what would be the western entrance to the state Capitol if it were still used. That was last week, when I thought it might be revived for visitors.

But this week, it began to grow. A tunnel — there’s no other word for it — of metal beams leading out of the box was erected outside the attorney general’s office.

I’ll be honest with you: I ignored it on Tuesday when I walked past the crew constructing the tunnel. The long weekend drained my interest.

But by Wednesday, I wanted to know what it was. I needed to know what it was. It’s not often that new structures are built inside the Capitol and, frankly, I knew that you would want to know what it is, too.