Legislators fights for prison reform in New York budget in latest Senate bill
Legislators in New York have a little over two weeks to come to an agreement on the 2026 state budget. The Senate adopted a ...
Hundreds of prison guards flood NY state capital as wildcat strike stretches into 16th day: ‘Hold the line’
More than 1,000 prison guards flooded Albany on Tuesday, chanting a defiant message as pressure mounted on them to stop their ...
New York lawmaker demands HALT Act be repealed after Hochul fired 2,000 prison guards
Gov. Kathy Hochul deployed the National Guard as she has weighed transferring prisoners out of state to address the Empire ...
2,000 fired prison guards won't be hired by New York again, Hochul says
More than 2,000 New York prison guards who were fired for participating in an illegal wildcat strike won't be able to get ...
With most New York prison guards ending strike, governor bars holdouts from state jobs
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has barred prison guards who were fired for illegally walking off the job from being hired for ...
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NY prison strikes: State gives final offer with deadline to return or be fired
A prison strike roiling New York's prisons since Feb. 17 came to a head on Friday, March 7, 2025, with workers offered a deal ...
Harlem man who died during NY wildcat prison strike spiraled into mental illness and violence
The man who died in an upstate prison Saturday allegedly at the hands of correction officers during a wildcat strike showed ...
After strike, New York's prison oversight group hopes for reforms
New York's prisons are working to rebuild themselves after a devastating, 22-day strike of nearly 8,000 corrections officers and the firing of about 2,000. The independent citizens oversight group ...
NY prison strike: More guards return to work after agreement announced, state official says
The return of correction officers allowed another prison to be removed from the list of facilities impacted by the work ...
These new state laws take effect in New York this March
A new law, sponsored by State Sen. Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (D-North Shore/South Brooklyn), will require judges and district ...
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NY state corrections department, officers reach deal to end unauthorized strike
The strike, which began on Feb. 17 and spread to more than 25 prison facilities around the state, would end on Monday if 85% ...
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Region’s Republican Assembly members ask for stay on firing corrections officers
ALBANY — State Assembly Republicans, including the region’s three representatives, are urging Gov. Kathy Hochul to issue a 48-hour stay on termination notices sent to more than 2,000 correction ...