The State of New York needs to protect Federal workers in the event of another U.S. Government shutdown like the one that began last Dec. 22 and left several thousand civil servants here without pay for a record 35 days, a top American Federation of Government Employees official told a state legislative panel Oct. 28.
While the news out of Washington is dominated by the debate over impeaching President Trump, state lawmakers noted at the hearing in lower Manhattan that there was a chance of another shutdown in the next few weeks.
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