Good afternoon — It’s Thursday and Cheese Doodle Day.

In today’s CapCon:

  • Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman echoed the same conspiracy theory this week that was cited by the shooter who killed 10 people in Buffalo in 2022.

  • Lawmakers are upping their resistance to Hochul’s efforts to amend the mandates under the state’s Climate Act, employing a new strategy.

  • New York is proposing new regulations around how frozen sperm donations, eggs and embryos are handled to prevent the spread of disease.

Names in today’s CapCon: Bruce Blakeman, Kathy Hochul, Donald J. Trump, Joseph P. Addabbo, Siela Bynoe, Jeremy Cooney, Pat Fahy, Monica Martinez, Christopher Ryan, Jessica Scarcella-Spanton, James Skoufis, Sam Sutton, Jeremy Zellner, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Michael Gianaris, Didi Barrett, Bill Ferris, Jeffrey Dinowitz, Joseph R. Biden, Cassie Miller, Adrienne Adams, April N.M. Baskin
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