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Governor Hochul and state lawmakers say that the attack occurred at around 12:30 AM Wednesday, in the offices where bills are written and digitally printed.
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Lawmakers are due back in Albany Monday to pass a fourth extender.
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New York State lawmakers plan to meet again on Thursday to pass another spending extender that will last until April 16. The budget was due April 1.
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He says the increase is needed to maintain and improve services residents expect and deserve.
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Gov. Hochul is proposing new stiffer penalties including making it a felony to assault a store employee. But Democrats in the Senate and Assembly are reluctant to increase criminal penalties. Neither house included the new criminal penalties in their budget plans.
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There are about 5,500 more non-enrolled voters in the county than enrolled Republicans. Enrolled Democrats outnumber Republicans by nearly 33,700.
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One of them is a bill that would extend the state’s ban on natural gas fracking. It's heading to Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk after the State Legislature acted recently to prohibit using liquid carbon dioxide to extract the gas from shale rock.
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Less than 1,000 of nearly 198,000 enrolled Democrat and Republican voters have cast ballots during early voting for the presidential primaries.
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Governor Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers concede that there’s no chance that they will meet the state budget deadline, which is the day after Easter. Last year, the budget was more than one month late.
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With the budget deadline fast approaching, the Assembly and Senate hope negotiations with Governor Hochul will lead to an on-time budget.
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Legislators are beginning what they hope is the final stretch to agreeing on a state spending plan before the budget is due at the end of the month. Lawmakers and Governor Kathy Hochul have a lot of decisions to make, including whether to raise taxes and how much money to give schools.
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He highlighted progress and some new initiatives at his state of the county address Thursday evening.