New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced an agreement late Thursday to end a wildcat strike that has roiled the state’s prison system for more than a week.

New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a weekslong wildcat strike that crippled the state’s correctional system, but said enough officers had come back ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul's order stopping municipalities from hiring corrections officers is set to expire soon and Oneida County is ...

Dutchess County is looking to hire some of the former New York state corrections officers who were fired after an ...

More than 2,000 New York prison guards who were fired for participating in an illegal wildcat strike won't be able to get ...

Opinion: Pace University professor Michael Mushlin says New York state prison systems need to reevaluate prison environments ...

Illegal strike by 12,000 NY corrections officers thinned staff even more, and cost money and lives, solved nothing.

In the past month, around 13,500 New York prison guards went on a wildcat strike. The New York Governor responded by sending National Guard troops to work as prison guards in the states prisons.

New York state's prison system is reeling after a three-week ... that leaves the system even more short-staffed and increases worries about safety. MARTIN KASTE, BYLINE: The wildcat strike started in ...

Hochul signed an executive order Monday that bars the hiring of individuals who continue to participate in strike actions from being hired for state jobs.

New York Fires 2,000 Prison Guards Who Refuse to Return to Work After Wildcat Strike ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York fired more than 2,000 prison guards Monday for failing to return to work after a ...

New York state's prison system is reeling after ... MARTIN KASTE, BYLINE: The wildcat strike started in mid-February, and one of the guards' main complaints was a state law passed in 2021 known ...