A statewide strike by New York correctional officers has entered its second week, leaving prisons severely understaffed and ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul said the illegal prison strikes are putting the entire state at risk and must end immediately. Mediation ...

Governor Kathy Hochul addressed the ongoing illegal walkouts by corrections officers at state correctional facilities.

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An estimated 12,500 members were involved in the work stoppage as of Tuesday, with about 1,500 still on the job.

Gov. Kathy Hochul won’t address striking corrections officers’ key gripe: the state’s 2021 HALT Act, which restricts ...

NYS corrections officers are now on day nine of their NY prison guard strike, as conditions are said to be deteriorating.

Albany, N.Y. — More than 6,500 National Guard personnel were on duty Monday to help run the New York state prison system as an illegal strike by corrections officers entered its second week. About ...

New York state troopers are serving court notices ordering corrections officers to end their unauthorized strike as the state ...

A 61-year-old inmate died over the weekend at one of the New York prisons where National Guard troops were deployed to replace corrections officers who walked off the job in an illegal strike.

Corrections officers at DOCCS facilities across New York state are on strike. The National Guard has been activated and ...

As corrections officers across New York remain on strike, a State Assemblyman who is running for Congress is standing behind ...