Capital Tonight

NYSCOPBA President Chris Summers is joining Assembly Republicans to introduce legislation which would implement the recommendations of the HALT committee— formed as part of the deal to end the prison strike just over a year ago

A group of 29 state senators, led off by @LizKrueger, sent a letter to @GovKathyHochul this morning saying they “categorically oppose any effort to roll back New York’s nation leading climate law” and urging Hochul to “stand strong in the face of misinformation” re affordability

.@GovKathyHochul admin making case to scale back 2019 climate law, @NYSERDA argues NYers’ gasoline & home gas prices could jump an av $4k annually upstate & $2,300 in NYC. “There is a lack of market capacity to deliver the volume of renewable energy” EV sales, heat pumps etc.

Former President Biden to visit Syracuse University for portrait unveiling in April nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-polit…

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on SCOTUS ruling on tariffs: “The Supreme Court’s decision is clear. These tariffs were an unlawful backdoor tax on hardworking families, farmers and small businesses, raising prices on everything from groceries to building materials."

“I’m in the process of reviewing the most recent so-called offer from the White House. We’ll take a look at it. But, my preliminary assessment of it is that it falls short,” says @RepJeffries of White House DHS funding offer.

Bruce Blakeman accepts GOP nomination in race for N.Y. governor, saying 'Kathy Hochul has put our state in crisis' nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-polit…

Blakeman now on stage It's heavy on an indictment of Hochul's tike as governor - higher taxes/energy/insurance, spending billions on unauthorized migrants who've been here for "15 minutes" He says he'll campaign on record of success contrasted to Hochul's record of failures

Earlier, Gov. George Pataki, the last Republican to win statewide, spoke His message - Democrats today are not your father’s Democrats or even Democrats of five years ago Remarkably, he praises Blakeman for working with ICE on criminals, not people who’ve been here for decades

President Trump cuts a video for the New York GOP convention in support of Bruce Blakeman Trump praises Blakeman on hiring more police, plans to cut energy costs and winning in Nassau County by a “landslide”

Analysis: In race for New York governor, it's been a good week for Hochul nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-polit…

New York State Conservative Party endorses state Assemblyman Robert Smullen in Republican race for #NY21

. @KathyHochul’s campaign doesn’t even mention Delgado in their statement proper, only pointing out that his departure opens the door for party unity— saying Blakeman and Trump are united and “our party is now just as united to stop them”

#BREAKING: Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado suspends campaign for New York governor: "I’ve concluded that there simply is no viable path forward."

.@NassauExec Bruce Blakeman is tapping Madison County Todd Hood to be his running mate & Hood has accepted — Blakeman campaign source confirms.

Long Island's Ed Ra chosen to be next GOP leader of New York state Assembly. Ra will be on @CapitalTonight tonight with @sarbetter nystateofpolitics.com/state-of-polit…

At the state Capitol, @GovKathyHochul is holding a discussion with county sheriffs & other local enforcement to tout her efforts to eliminate partnerships between ICE and local governments and limit the use of local detention facilities for large scale immigration enforcement etc

In her speech @GovKathyHochul calls Donald Trump’s Republican Party “nothing more than a personality cult” Took a long time to mention opponent Bruce Blakeman, holding off until slamming his immigration stance & response to the killing of Alex Pretti to a standing ovation

Governor’s race: @GovKathyHochul comes away with just over 85 percent of the convention vote, @DelgadoforNY received more than 14 percent —meaning Delgado will have to petition to move forward

Comptroller @TomDiNapoli’s challenger @drewforny watches as DiNapoli is nominated through multiple speeches that praise his management of the state’s pension fund— Drew Warshaw’s chief argument is that DiNapoli is mismanaging the fund