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In today’s CapCon:
The timing of a vote on state budget bills remains elusive, with Democrats divided over whether that’ll start this week.
A federal appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that struck down part of the state’s laws on concealed carry of firearms Monday.
Lawmakers are moving a bill that would require lobbyists and their clients to disclose their positions on bills instead of just that they lobbied on them.
New guardrails against immigration enforcement by federal officers at health care facilities would be created under a new bill.
Data centers use a lot of water. One lawmakers is now seeking to lessen the impact that is expected to have on the drinkable water supply.
At The Capitol: Tuesday, May 19, 2026.
Names in today’s CapCon: Michael Gianaris, J. Gary Pretlow, Kathy Hochul, Jenifer Rajkumar, Shelley Mayer, Gustavo Rivera, Leroy Comrie, Landon Dais, Pat Fahy
Today’s Capitol Confidential is sponsored by the Coalition for Ticket Fairness
The “Ticketmaster Protection Act” is the wrong answer.
While the courts are trying to break up Ticketmaster’s illegal monopoly, Albany would undo that work with a bill that saves their monopoly.
Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris Monday (New York State Senate)
💰 Lawmakers may not vote on budget bills this week
There’s disagreement among Democrats in the state Legislature as to whether they’ll begin to vote on the rest of the state budget this week.
Lawmakers approved a 13th state budget extender Monday that runs through Wednesday. That’s different than in weeks past, when extenders have run through Thursday.
Assembly Ways and Means Chair J. Gary Pretlow said Monday that lawmakers could begin voting on the nine remaining bills that make up the state budget later this week. But he does not expect all of them to make it to the floor until next week.
“I think we should be seeing, hopefully, budget bills by the end of this week,” Pretlow said. “I doubt we’ll see all nine of them this week but I’m pretty sure we’ll see maybe one or two or three or four.”
On the other side of the state Capitol, Democrats were less optimistic after Monday’s extender vote.
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