Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Wednesday afternoon activating more than 3,500 members of the New York National Guard in response to a wildcat strike by hundreds of state correction officers.  Hochul’s order also greenlights additional overtime pay for corrections officers being deployed to the state’s 42 penitentiaries. Approximately 33 facilities are currently on […]

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