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In today’s CapCon, three retail workers are asking a federal appellate court to limit Gov. Kathy Hochul’s power to include policy items in the state budget. Here’s why.
Then, advocates against sexual violence have their own package of bills they want lawmakers to approve in light of the case at Cornell University. Read them.
And, a new poll out Thursday showed Hochul, again, with a lead over her Republican opponent, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman.
Later, a new bill would create a lifeline for airports in upstate New York by incentivizing airlines to create more direct routes out of those cities.
Names in today’s CapCon: Kathy Hochul, Bruce Blakeman, David J. Zimmer, Jeffrey Dinowitz, Nathalia Fernandez, Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas, Cordell Cleare, Erica Vladimer, Phil Steck, Liz Krueger, Bridie Farrell, Amy Paulin, Peter Harckham, Zohran Mamdani, Jeremy Cooney
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