The New York State Department of Corrections said the 22-year-old prisoner was housed at Mid-State Correctional Facility and ...

New York State is ending health insurance coverage for thousands of corrections officers who walked off the job and onto the picket line two weeks ago. State officials have also fired a handful of ...

A coalition of exonerated New Yorkers, civil rights advocates, and public defender groups called on state lawmakers Monday to reject a “shameful” effort by Gov. Hochul and the city’s district ...

Yankees right-hander Luis Gil will start the season on the injured list because of a high-grade lat strain in his pitching ...

A former daycare owner in the Bronx has been sentenced to 45 years after pleading guilty to several drug charges that led to the death of a 22-month-old in September 2023.

A wildcat strike by New York state prison guards stretched into a third week Monday, prompting officials to start firing ...

Prison guards at 32 facilities across the state are still out on wildcat strikes despite the threat of job loss and ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul's primary response to the strikes has been to send 5,300 New York National Guard troops —some of whom are ...

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Striking prison workers may face contempt charges, arrest, and possible jail time for continuing to strike. Many are now back ...

Northern New York prison protests continue despite risk of terminations, loss of insurance DOGE cost-cutter-in-chief Elon ...

Grei Mendez had pleaded guilty to drug charges including conspiracy to distribute narcotics resulting in death.