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In today’s CapCon, New York continues to face challenges to new housing development. Among them are insurance costs.
The Hochul administration could soon consider if changing the state’s 141-year-old '“Scaffold Law” is the key to that problem.
I talked about that and other factors affecting housing development in New York with three state agency commissioners. Here are the takeaways.
Then, the family of Robert L. Brooks, who died after being severely beaten in state prison in late 2024, has reached a settlement with the state in lawsuits over his death.
And later, a new bill seeks to impose caps on the now-limitless lending allowed to political candidates and their campaigns in New York.
Names in today’s CapCon: Kathy Hochul, Robert L. Brooks Sr., RuthAnne Visnauskas, Amanda Lefton, Barbara Guinn, Zohran Mamdani, Jeff Dinowitz
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