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New York's 22-day correction officer strike stressed out Gov. Kathy Hochul more than any other time in her tenure, leaving the governor to question whether she would lose control of the prison ...
ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to release thousands of inmates convicted of violent crimes, The Post has learned — as state prisons face a staffing crunch following her decision to fire ...
After homicides behind bars and strikes by guards, Gov. Kathy Hochul made changes to New York’s budget. That did not satisfy ...
The state has paid $3.5 million to North Country businesses so far during National Guard assignment to area prisons.
Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Wednesday afternoon activating more than 3,500 members of the New York National Guard in response to a wildcat strike by hundreds of state correction ...
In a court order this week, Judge Daniel Lynch wrote that the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision ...
ALBANY – The longest prison guard strike in state history earlier this year has prompted new measures in the state budget to hire more correction officers to contend with a staff shortage that ...
During the state prison strike earlier this year, Gov. Kathy Hochul agreed to “pause” many elements of the so-called HALT Solitary Act for 90-days. Slightly more than three months later ...
A state judge in Albany granted a temporary injunction forcing State to fully implement a law sharply limiting solitary ...