ALBANY — From medical-aid-in-dying to natural gas to anonymous child abuse reports to the little old horseshoe crab, Gov. Kathy Hochul has a long list of bills she must sign or veto before New Year’s Day.

The bills touch on broad issues such as gambling, paid work leave and prison oversight. They touch on the future, such as securing health data, as well as long-running issues from the past, like the recognition of the Montaukett Nation.

And they deal with the quirky: Requiring approval from a dead performer’s estate before using his or her likeness or image in movies, video games or other audio/visual work.

Hochul generally does not say in advance which bills she will sign.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul has a long list of bills she must sign or veto before New Year’s Day, fro

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