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Colonie Town Supervisor Paula Mahan has delivered her final state of the town address.
Earlier this month Mahan announced that she would not seek an eighth two-year term at the end of the year. The Democrat has held the post in the Albany County town of about 80,000 since 2008. In a virtual speech to the Capital Region Chamber, Mahan discussed the fiscal challenges wrought by 2020. While everyone will remember 2020 for the coronavirus pandemic, the town first had to manage a ransomware attack on our computer system in January of 2020. International players hacked into our network and demanded $400,000 before they would allow us the use of our network. While this attempt was not successful in accessing any vital information, it necessitated a complete restoration of all our servers and desktops. Our Management Information Department did an excellent job in technology security, and no data was lost and no ransom was paid. Even with this setback, they were still able to accomplish so