What was promised

Require zero-emission school buses (2027 sales, 2035 fleet)

What’s happened

Signed April 2023; $100M first round, with two-year extensions available to districts.

Evidence

• 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