What Tish James wants from the Legislature before session ends

And the physician-assisted death bill was discussed by Senate Democrats in conference Thursday.

Good afternoon — it’s Thursday and Craft Distillery Day.

In today’s CapCon:

• Attorney General Letitia James paid a visit to the Capitol this week. Here’s why.

• Democrats in the state Senate conferenced physician-assisted death Thursday. Here’s how the conversation went.

• A new emergency regulation from DOCCS seeks to address drugs and contraband smuggled into prisons through mail.

• New York has spent less than half of the funding it’s set aside for “Raise the Age” since the law was enacted eight years ago, a new report found.

• A new bill would require the state to publicly report data on complaints of abuse and misconduct in state prisons and how they were handled.

Names in today’s CapCon: Tish James, Donald J. Trump, Leroy Comrie, Micah Lasher, Tom Stebbins, Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Amy Paulin, Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Thomas P. DiNapoli

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NY Attorney General James at the Capitol this week (Jim Franco/Times Union)

⚖️ Why Tish James was lobbying the Legislature this week

It’s not often that New York Attorney General Letitia James holds a news conference in Albany. So when she does, it usually means something.

This week’s appearance by James at the state Capitol showed that lawmakers are not yet aligned on the key legislative priority she wants them to pass before this year’s session ends in about three weeks.