What was promised

Hit CLCPA goals: 70% renewable electricity and a 40% emissions cut by 2030

What’s happened

The 2026 budget replaced the binding 2030 targets with a weaker 2040 goal.

Evidence

• Court orders New York to issue overdue climate rules
  NY FocusOct 30, 2025

• Finger Lakes bitcoin mine Greenidge rebrands as data center, testing Hochul's EO 62 moratorium
  GothamistJul 30, 2026
• Blakeman calls for statewide halt on battery storage facilities, citing East Hampton fire
  Fingerlakes1.comJul 24, 2026
• Hochul expands wildfire-smoke air quality advisory statewide, sends 100K+ N95 masks to counties
  Governor's OfficeJul 16, 2026
• Trump calls Hochul's data-center moratorium a "terrible decision," urges New York to reverse it
  CNBCJul 15, 2026