Gov. Kathy Hochul's primary response to the strikes has been to send 5,300 New York National Guard troops —some of whom are ...

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The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) reported that officers who have participated ...

A wildcat strike by New York state prison guards stretched into a third week Monday, prompting officials to start firing ...

Correction Officers who are still striking at state prisons started getting fired Sunday, two weeks after walking off the job ...

New York State is ending health insurance coverage for thousands of corrections officers who walked off the job and onto the picket line two weeks ago. State officials have also fired a handful of ...

However, the walkout continues upstate and in Western New York. As CBS News New York's Tony Aiello reports, thousands of ...

The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision will be terminating health insurance for correction officers remaining AWOL during the strike. READ MORE: ...

Gov. Hochul said the fired strikers also are losing their healthcare coverage, and many will lose their state pensions.

The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) sent a letter to striking corrections officers ...

State officials said they had done what they legally could by issuing a tentative prison strike deal before resorting to ...

Corrections staff in the North Country said they are standing in solidarity to be heard despite termination letters being sent and health insurance benefits being taken away from those on strike.