US EditionStec demands fired Corrections officers be allowed to work for NY
- Two thousand New York state correction officers were terminated for participating in a strike, preventing their future employment with state agencies due to an executive order by Governor Kathy Hochul.
- Former correction officer Kristen McIntyre expressed that she chose safety over money during the strike, highlighting safety issues in the workplace.
- Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter stated that firing 2,000 public servants cost taxpayers $175 million in training, emphasizing the loss of experienced personnel.
- State lawmakers, including Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha, are advocating for full implementation of the HALT Act to limit solitary confinement after the recent strike.
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Niagara GazetteHochul softens stance on hiring COs
ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul seems to have opened the door to permitting the roughly 2,000 state prison correctional officers who were fired last week to work for other law enforcement agencies in New York, something that sheriffs across the…
Life After Strike: How resigned correction officers are feeling now
COXSACKIE, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- With the end of correction officer strikes across New York, some correction officers who were terminated or had resigned, are now looking for new jobs. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! After weeks of striking outside Coxsackie Correctional Facility, the strike is officially over. There is no more honking or picketing outside Coxsackie, leaving the grounds stri…
Shrestha rallies with Democrats to defend HALT act, which limits use of solitary confinement in prisons
KINGSTON, N.Y. – State Democratic lawmakers, including Assemblymember Sarahana Shrestha, rallied in Albany Tuesday to call for immediate and full implementation of a law that limits the use of solitary confinement in prisons, known as the HALT Act. The issue was at the forefront of a 22-day wildcat strike by corrections officers that ended on March 11, which ended after a deal was reached that, among other concessions, included a 90-day pause to…
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