Hochul seeks Climate Act case delay until after state budget deal

And supportive housing advocates warn of a 'crisis' without more funding.

Good afternoon — It’s Friday and Siblings Day.

In today’s CapCon:

• Hochul is seeking to delay arguments in its appeal of the Climate Act decision that prompted her push for amendments. Here’s why.

• Supportive housing advocates are warning of a systemic “crisis” if lawmakers don’t secure more funding in the state budget.

• State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins says she expects a deal on the state budget sometime in April.

• New Bills of Note: Creating stronger incentives and protections for whistleblowers and banning prediction markets activity by state officials.

• This Week in New York History: New York’s prohibition law and the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Names in today’s CapCon: Dustin Brockner, Rachel Spector, Rebecca Zangen, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Ben Max, Carl E. Heastie, Phil Steck, James Skoufis, Kevin Parker, Micah Lasher

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Today’s Capitol Confidential is sponsored by Environmental Defense Fund

New Yorkers are tired of the fossil fuel price roller coaster🎢. Let’s deliver more clean energy and more savings. Legislators: Follow through on our climate law.

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(Will Waldron/Times Union)

⚖️ Appellate court to consider request to delay Climate Act arguments

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s push this year to amend the state’s mandates to reduce carbon emissions has been hinged on a court decision handed down last October.

That decision ordered the state Department of Environmental Conservation to promulgate regulations that would allow the state to meet those mandates by the deadlines prescribed by the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act.