2,000 Striking N.Y. Prison Officers Fired and Barred From Public Jobs
Gov. Kathy Hochul made good on a threat to punish those who failed to meet a Monday deadline for returning to their posts after a three-week work stoppage.
NY sheriffs oppose order banning hiring of fired prison officers
NY sheriff's association wants Gov. Kathy Hochul to reverse course on prohibiting 2K correction officers from ever working for a county agency.
New York fires 2K prison officers who refused to return to work after strike
The strike that paralyzed New York prisons for three weeks ended with most workers returning to their jobs and the state firing 2,000 who stayed out.
Oneida County may sue NYS over order barring fired corrections officers from state jobs
Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente called Gov. Kathy Hochul's executive order barring fired corrections officers from working for the state a "complete overreach."
Hochul: Fired prison officers will not 'ever' work for NY again
More than 2,000 NY correction officers who are being terminated after striking are being prohibited from working for a state agency in the future.
2,000 fired prison guards won't be hired by New York again, Hochul says
More than 2,000 New York prison guards who were fired for participating in an illegal wildcat strike won't be able to get another job with the state, Gov. Kathy Hochul said.
Hochul fires 2,000 striking prison guards and bans them from future state jobs
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) announced roughly 2,000 prison guards who continued to strike illegally on Monday would be fired and banned from future state jobs. The State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association reached an agreement to end the 22-day wildcat strike of correctional officers
NY Fires 2K Prison Guards, Declares Strike Is 'Over'
New York says its prison guard strike is over, though that meant firing thousands of workers who refused to cross the picket line after three weeks. More than 2,000 state prison officers who failed to return to work by a Monday deadline were fired and will be barred from future civil service jobs in the state,
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Ex-Jay County Jail officer who engaged in sex acts with prisoner placed on home detention
Jay Circuit Court Judge Brian Hutchison on Thursday imposed a three-year sentence — one year on home detention followed by ...
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Corrections officer arrested after K-9 search uncovers firearm and knife in vehicle
A search of a corrections officer's vehicle led to the discovery of an unsecured black Glock firearm, 50 rounds of ammunition ...
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‘He’s an animal’; Wife of murdered RPD officer speaks after killer assaults correction officer
Lynn Mazurkiewicz, the widow of slain Rochester Police Officer Tony Mazurkiewicz, and Rochester Police Chief David Smith are speaking after a video surfaced on social media showing Kelvin Vickers, the ...
Former Corrections Officer Speaks After Termination From State
Deven Hooper was fired from his job as a corrections officer after participating in an unsanctioned strike. I guess this was ...
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'The strike is over': NYS corrections officers clean up picket lines across WNY
Picket lines at Attica, Collins, Lakeview, Wende and Wyoming have all either been completely cleaned out or are in the ...
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Oneida County looks to fight back against Hochul order terminating corrections officers
Gov. Kathy Hochul's executive order targeted around 2,000 corrections officers who participated in a wildcat strike and did ...
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Lawmaker demands better conditions for corrections officers amid almost daily brawls
State Rep. Dave Prestin, a Republican from Cedar River, is among lawmakers on both sides of the aisle calling for reform, ...