The head of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision will honor the agreement reached with striking correction officers to end the 18-day walkout, despite union opposition.听
Several Auburn correction officers returned to the picket line Friday after a deal to end the nearly three-week-long strike was killed by their union.听
A source tells 水果派AV that 100 correction officers are still on strike, while 50 have resigned from their jobs. An unknown number of officers have returned to work during the walkout.听
The striking officers planned to return to work Friday after a deal was struck with the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. DOCCS Commissioner Daniel Martuscello detailed the agreement, which included the formation of a committee to recommend changes to the solitary confinement reform law known as HALT. It also addressed several other issues, such as combatting contraband and eliminating the use of mandated overtime.
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But the deal, which Martuscello negotiated with striking officers, fell apart late Thursday. Martuscello said he had a verbal agreement with Chris Summers, president of the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, to sign a memorandum of understanding that included the agreement's provisions. NYSCOPBA, which represents 13,500 correction officers and sergeants, decided not to sign the document.听
The union was not involved in the negotiations and criticized "outside influences" for working with Martuscello on the deal.听
NYSCOPBA, which has not sanctioned the strike, said the agreement between DOCCS and rank-and-file officers "does not represent the best interests of our membership."聽
Despite NYSCOPBA's opposition, Martuscello told correction officers he would honor the deal if they returned to work Friday. It wasn't immediately known how many officers accepted the offer and ended their work stoppage.
If correction officers don't return to work, the state is preparing to take action. Jackie Bray, commissioner of the state Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, said the deal outlined by Martuscello would not be offered again and the state would "exercise all our rights and remedies" to end the strike.听
The state has already ended health insurance coverage and sent termination notices to striking officers. It is also pursuing civil contempt charges for violating a judge's temporary restraining order.听
The strike began Feb. 17. At its peak, about 90% of the state's 13,500 correction officers and sergeants participated in the work stoppage.听
Correction officers are protesting unsafe working conditions in state prisons. Assaults on incarcerated individuals and staff were at record levels in 2024. The officers blame HALT, a 2022 law that limits the use of segregated confinement in jails and prisons, for the spike in violence.听
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水果派AV's continuing coverage of the New York correction officer strike.听
The union representing New York correction officers has killed a deal to end the 18-day strike.听
A lawsuit alleges that the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is restricting inmates' access to communications and visits with legal counsel.听
The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision began issuing termination notices to striking correction officers Sunday.听
DOCCS Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III said that New York correction officers who remain on strike will lose their health insurance Monday.听
Correction officers continue their strike in Auburn after rejecting an聽agreement聽reached between the state and the New York State Correctional…
New York correction officers who don't return to work could face penalties, including arrest or termination, for continuing their strike.听
Gov. Kathy Hochul says a deal to end the nearly two-week-long strike is a "real win" for the state's correction officers, but many officers are continuing the work stoppage.听
At Auburn Correctional Facility, striking officers rejected the agreement announced late Thursday and will continue their work stoppage.听
Hundreds of officers at Auburn and Cayuga correctional facilities聽rejected the agreement聽reached between their union and the state Department …
New York correction officers are holding the line, despite an agreement reached between their union and the state to end the 12-day strike.听
The state and the union representing New York's correction officers have reached an agreement to end the 11-day strike.听
Here is what's in the agreement to end the New York correction officer strike.听
About 90% of the state's correction officers and sergeants are on strike, according to the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.听
The union representing New York correction officers says there has been "progress" in mediation to resolve the 10-day strike.听
Gov. Kathy Hochul renews her call for the correction officer strike to end.听
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水果派AV talked to two labor experts about the "risks" correction officers are taking by going on strike and what message the movement sends to state government.听
The New York State Police is investigating two DOCCS buses that were vandalized in Cayuga County.听
A group of Democratic state senators who represent prisons, including Auburn and Cayuga correctional facilities, are calling for safer workplaces for striking correction officers.听
Mediation begins Monday in an attempt to end the state correction officer strike.听
New York correction officers who continue to participate in an illegal strike will be considered absent without leave, according to the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.听
The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision said one of its buses was set on fire and another was vandalized at a Cayuga County shop.听
Striking correction officers receive support from the community with a drive-by parade at Auburn Correctional Facility on Saturday. Family mem…
A pair of state legislators has provided portable toilets for the Auburn correction officer strike.听
"No matter what happens, guys are going to leave and we're going to have less staff when we go back, which is the worst thing that can happen. There are good guys giving up their jobs."聽
The top Assembly Republican visited Auburn correction officers who have been on strike since Tuesday.听
Amid a correction officer strike, Gov. Kathy Hochul has amended her 2025-26 state budget proposal to include the closure of up to five prisons.听
Corrections officers at Auburn Correctional Facility say their resolve is strong despite the snow and bitter cold on Thursday. The work stoppa…
The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has suspended parts of HALT and took other actions in an attempt to end the correction officer strike.听
A memo details the National Guard's use of force policy and directs servicemembers to avoid interacting with striking correction officers at New York prisons.听
How the correction officer strike is affecting inmates at Auburn Correctional Facility.听
Federal and state representatives are supporting correction officers on strike at state prisons, including two in Cayuga County.听
Gov. Kathy Hochul has activated the National Guard, while a mediator has been retained to help end the three-day-long correction officer strike.听
Officers at Auburn Correctional Facility stood in inclement weather on Wednesday, the second day of their strike to protest unsafe working con…
Gov. Kathy Hochul has a message for striking New York correction officers.听
Gov. Kathy Hochul deployed the National Guard to Auburn Correctional Facility on Wednesday as the correction officer strike entered its second day at the prison.听
Correction officers are on strike at several New York prisons. But under state law, the strike is illegal.听
The state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has responded to demands from correction officers amid a strike affecting at least 25 prisons.听
The New York State Police is providing security at select prisons during the ongoing correction officer strike.听
Gov. Kathy Hochul is preparing to deploy the New York National Guard to state prisons if the correction officer strike doesn't end by Wednesday.听
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Government reporter Robert Harding can be reached at (315) 664-4631 or robert.harding@lee.net. Follow him on X @RobertHarding.
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