(NYT) — A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a one-day furlough of state workers scheduled by Gov. David A. Paterson for next week, reversing a plan that the governor has said is necessary to keep the state from running out of money at the end of the month.
The judge, Lawrence E. Kahn of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, issued a temporary restraining order after unions representing state employees and public university teachers filed a lawsuit alleging that the furloughs, which the Legislature approved on Monday, were illegal.
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