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In today’s CapCon, Gov. Kathy Hochul has an ambitious plan to more than double New York’s fleet of nuclear energy but that strategy comes with both risks and rewards. The Times Union’s Ezra Bitterman has a deep dive.
Then, New York may be nearing a settlement in the lawsuit brought against its suspension of the HALT Act following last year’s prison strike.
Later, Hochul has cleared her desk of the 25 bills that were on it but has now called up 35 more related to local taxes. Here’s what they are and why the state is involved.
And, Anthropic admitted in court filings that it bought rare books and destroyed them to scan their contents into Claude, their AI chatbot. Here’s why and how a new bill would prohibit AI companies from doing that in the future.
Plus, here’s what’s happening this week At the Capitol in state government and the New York City Council has scheduled a hearing on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s rollout of the pied-à-terre tax.
Names in today’s CapCon: Kathy Hochul, Kristen Gonzalez, Zohran Mamdani, Donald Trump
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