Smoked! New York Cannabis Control Board is getting a new chair

Plus: the Senate has the votes for physician-assisted death and a package of prison reform bills will be unveiled Friday.

Good afternoon — it’s Thursday and National Ketchup Day.

In today’s CapCon:

• Tremaine Wright, a former assemblywoman who’s led the Cannabis Control Board for four years, is being replaced.

• Caucus lawmakers will unveil a package of prison reform bills Friday in response to the deaths of Robert L. Brooks and Messiah Nantwi.

• The Senate has the votes to pass physician-assisted death, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins says.

• New York is considering a rule that would bar utility companies from shutting off service during extreme heat.

• A new bill would require insurers to cover treatment for problem gambling. Another would expand the freshly passed free community college program.

Names in today’s CapCon: Kathy Hochul, Tremaine Wright, Jessica Garcia, Joshua Norkin, Kassie White, Robert L. Brooks, Messiah Nantwi, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Amy Paulin, Joe Addabbo, Andrew Gounardes, Julia Salazar

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Tremaine Wright (Will Waldron/Times Union)

🌱 The Senate will consider a new chair of the Cannabis Control Board Friday

Tremaine Wright, the former assemblywoman who’s led the state’s beleaguered Cannabis Control Board since its inception in 2021, is being replaced.