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In today’s CapCon, the state budget director is warning that a slowdown in AI investment and federal policy shifts could increase budget costs. He’s asking commissioners to keep spending flat.
And, the top prosecutor in Suffolk County says there’s a loophole in New York’s Clean Slate Act that would allow abusers to obtain animals.
Then, on the campaign trail, the Republican state comptroller candidate was in Albany this morning. He wants greater oversight into migrant spending. And Zohran Mamdani has his first Hochul ad.
Later, some new rules for lobbyists and child care assistance waiting lists.
Names in today’s CapCon: Kathy Hochul, Blake Washington, Thomas P. DiNapoli, Raymond A. Tierney, Joseph Hernandez, Ralph Ambrosio, Brad Lander, Zohran Mamdani, Bruce Blakeman
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