N.Y. may have to refund millions to opioid companies, end of session booze bills
Plus: Trump is rallying in the Bronx Thursday.
Good afternoon — it’s Thursday and National Taffy Day.
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2024
TODAY’S CAPCON:
An appellate court decision may force N.Y. to refund millions to opioid companies.
Lawmakers consider alcohol law changes before session ends.
Trump is rallying in the Bronx Thursday.
Thursday Reads
🔨 Is Tomorrow a Session Day? No.
🌞 Tonight’s Weather: Albany: Partly cloudy, high 50s. New York City: Mostly cloudy, high 60s. (National Weather Service)
🎵 Will Barclay’s LCA show rebuttal
If you weren’t at the LCA show Wednesday night, you missed out. Gov. Kathy HOCHUL’s rebuttal was very, very funny. We don’t have a recording, unfortunately.
But I’m popping this at the top for your enjoyment because Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay’s rebuttal video truly had me in stitches.
Watch that in this story from the Times Union’s Joshua Solomon. (Free for CapCon subscribers)
💊 N.Y. may have to refund millions to opioid companies after appellate court ruling
💵 The companies are seeking a refund of $57.4 million from the state, which the court said violated their due process rights.
New York may have to pay out potentially millions of dollars to opioid companies because that revenue was collected in a way that violated their due process rights, an appellate court ruled Thursday.
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