Cyberattack sends New York Gov. Hochul and lawmakers back to 1994 with budget in the balance
An overnight cyberattack is forcing New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers to turn the clocks back to 1994 as they continue to negotiate over the state's next budget.
Hochul said the commission is now reverting to a three-decades-old backup system to draw up state budget bills, and acknowledged it could delay the already-late budget process. The bill drafting commission is in charge of putting the emerging budget agreement into actual legislation, a stack of hundreds of pages that is presented to lawmakers for a vote. The Legislature is hoping to wrap up voting by the end of the week, ahead of the start of Passover on Monday.Mike Murphy, a spokesperson for state Senate Democrats, said on Wednesday that the bill drafting system had “been down since early this morning.
Avi Small, Hochul’s press secretary, said the governor was briefed on the cybersecurity incident Wednesday morning.
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