US EditionNew York governor deploys National Guard amid illegal corrections officer strike at state prisons
- New York Governor Kathy Hochul has deployed National Guard troops to secure state-run prisons due to a wildcat strike by corrections workers.
- The state prison guards union admitted that the strike is illegal and did not authorize it.
- Hochul threatened to deploy the National Guard to restore order if the unlawful strike does not end.
- Hochul stated, 'The illegal and unlawful actions being taken by a number of correction officers must end immediately.
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Hochul Presser Spirals With Arrest Threats For Striking Officers: ‘Catch Every Single One Of Them’
New York Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday repeatedly attacked corrections officers across the state for striking over unsafe work conditions and long mandated shifts that officers say can last numerous days at a time. About 15,000 corrections officers statewide are on strike and protesting over their concerns about safety being ignored for too long, ...
NYSP, National Guard respond to Bare Hill Correctional Facility in Malone amid protest
Several family members of inmates at Bare Hill have reached out to NBC5 to tell us that prisoners are not being cared for after corrections officers walked out of the facility earlier in the day.
Third-Day of Strike at Elmira Correctional Facility as Officers Demand Safer Conditions
By Max Coven Click here for updates on this story ELMIRA, N.Y. (WENY) — A strike at the Elmira Correctional Facility has entered its third day as correction officers continue their demands for safer working conditions and improved staffing. What began as a local work stoppage on February 17th has now spread to 28 out of 42 prison facilities across New York State. The strike commenced after correction officers at both Elmira and Collins Corre…
Local Corrections Officers Join Statewide Prison Protests
"This is not something that occurred yesterday or the day before. These waves have been hitting shore, and today the tsunami hit throughout the state and here in Marcy and Mid-State," said Michael Kennedy, while protesting outside the two prisons,…
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