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New 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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WPTZ

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.

20 hours ago·Plattsburgh, United States

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KMIZ

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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…

21 hours ago

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WABC

Prison Guard Strike Continues

(New York, NY) – Governor Kathy Hochul has deployed the National Guard amidst a statewide prison strike. Hochul’s office says that 3,500 members of the Empire State’s National Guard have started responding in assistance, helping maintain “general order and wellness in the facilities”. That’s according to the governor, who is also looking at legal avenues to respond to this work stoppage. The state does have a so-called Taylor Law, making it ille…

1 day ago

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Democrat & Chronicle

NY prison strike: National Guard deployed to prisons

“These disruptive and unsanctioned work stoppages by some correction officers must end as they are jeopardizing the safety of their colleagues, the prison population, and causing undue fear for the residents in the surrounding communities."

1 day ago·Rochester, United States

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New York Focus

The Biggest Issue Behind the New York Prison Guard Strike

The New York state prison system is teetering on disaster as guards have staged an unsanctioned wildcat strike at almost all of its 42 facilities. Governor Kathy Hochul has deployed the National Guard and, on Wednesday, obtained a court order mandating that corrections officers return to work. While striking officers have been mostly mum to the press, Assemblymember Scott Gray, who visited picket lines outside three northern New York prisons and…

1 day ago

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Daily Freeman

Striking corrections officers, supporters picket Eastern, Ulster correctional facilities

NAPANOCH, N.Y. — About 100 people, including striking corrections officers and their supporters, gathered with signs Wednesday. Feb. 19, at the Institution Road entrance to the Eastern and Ulster correctional facilities. The strikers were greeted by a nearly constant stream of drivers who honked from passing cars and trucks, apparently in support of the wildcat strike that Gov. Kathy Hochul has called an illegal job action. Many in the crowd hel…

2 days ago·Kingston, United States

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