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New York lawmaker demands HALT Act be repealed after Hochul fired 2,000 prison guards
A New York lawmaker is calling on the state to repeal the HALT Act, a controversial law at the center of the recent prison guard strike, which ended this week after Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) fired 2,000 correctional officers and banned them from holding state jobs.
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.
New York fires 2,000 prison guards who refuse to return to work after wildcat strike
New York’s corrections commissioner has declared an end to a wildcat strike by correctional officers and says more than 2,000 officers who have not returned to work have been fired.
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.
New Deal Reached to End Wildcat Strikes by N.Y. Prison Guards
The state and the correctional officers’ union agreed that officers should return to work Monday and that some provisions of a solitary confinement law would be put on pause.
With most New York prison guards ending strike, governor bars holdouts from state jobs
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has barred prison guards who were fired for illegally walking off the job from being hired for other state jobs.
As strike ends, New York says more than 2,000 correction officers will be fired
ALBANY — State Corrections Commissioner Daniel F. Martuscello III said Monday that the 22-day strike at prisons statewide is over, but that more than 2,000 correction officers who refused to return to work Monday will be fired.
New York prison workers set to return after strike deal
New York correction officers are set to return to work Monday following a new agreement with the state’s Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. The deal requires at least 85% of staff to report back before taking effect.
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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New York fires more than 2,000 prison guards for refusing to return to work after illegal strike
New York officials fired more than 2,000 prison guards on Monday for not returning to work after a weekslong strike. Enough correctional officers had returned to work for the state to declare an ...
New York Attorney General Recuses Herself From Inquiry Into Prison Death
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Bronx man faces return to prison 2 years after attempted murder conviction was vacated
A Bronx man was freed after spending over two decades in prison for a crime he says he didn't commit, but now he may have to return to prison for the same crime.
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 ...
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Man sentenced to 164 years to life in prison after convicted of sexual assault and kidnapping of woman in May
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Wendy Williams back in assisted living ‘prison’ as brother pleads for her release: ‘Let her out’
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