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In today’s CapCon, the Trump administration is being accused by New York of colluding with private litigants in a New Jersey case against congestion pricing after it lost its case in New York. Read the back-and-forth.
Then, Hochul was the target of repeated attacks by President Donald J. Trump on Long Island Friday. She responded on Wednesday, calling his claims “absurd.”
And, a new bill would allow a more coordinated response by counties and New York City to homelessness with new teams outfitted with legal protections.
Plus, Hochul was asked Wednesday about a bill that would ban “ghost jobs” from being posted by companies and she signed a bill to mark Senior Citizens Day.
Names in today’s CapCon: Donald J. Trump, Kathy Hochul, Denise Dunne, Tamara Lashchyk, Richard C. Manjarres, Roberta Kaplan, Michael B. Lavery, Daniel Huff, Bruce Blakeman, Zohran Mamdani, Blake Gendebien, Erik Bottcher, Mike Gianaris, Jonathan Jacobson
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