Today is the big day in Albany - the end of the regular session. Legislators are bracing for a slew of last-minute proposals on several key environmental items.

The Times [1] reports that Sen. John Flanagan and Assemblyman Adam Bradley have introduced a bill that would exempt new property owners from new zoning restrictions and municipal ordinances for six years. The bill has raised the ire of several green groups.

The Associated Press [2], meanwhile, reports that a breakthrough may occur today on congestion pricing, following a closed door meeting between legislative leaders, and representatives of Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The tactic? Linking campaign finance reform, congestion pricing and legislatives into one deal [3].