{"id":2412540,"date":"2025-03-11T16:31:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T20:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hochul-fires-2000-striking-prison-guards-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T16:33:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T20:33:03","slug":"hochul-fires-2000-striking-prison-guards-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hochul-fires-2000-striking-prison-guards-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hochul fires 2,000 striking prison guards &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhochul-fires-2000-striking-prison-guards-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2412540&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New York Governor Kathy Hochul\u200d (D) announced\u2063 the firing of approximately 2,000 prison guards who participated in an illegal strike. The strike\u200c lasted for 22 days and\u2063 was not sanctioned by the \u2064union\u200d representing the\u200b guards, who had disagreements with the state over working conditions. Despite the \u200dstrike ending, an agreement reached \u2064over\u2063 the weekend regarding overtime \u200dand working conditions did not meet the required return-to-work threshold, prompting Hochul to take action.\u200b She expressed \u200da commitment to public safety and \u2062gratitude towards \u200cthose who\u2062 remained\u2064 on duty.An executive\u2064 order \u2063was signed, preventing the hiring of any individual terminated for participation in \u2064the strike.Meanwhile, over 6,000 National Guard members will continue to support \u2064the correctional facilities during this transition.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hochul fires 2,000 striking prison guards and bans them from future state jobs<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2035218\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kathy-hochul\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kathy Hochul\">Kathy Hochul<\/a> (D-NY) announced roughly 2,000 prison guards who continued to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/strikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"strike\">strike<\/a> illegally on Monday would be fired and banned from future state jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New York\">New York<\/a> State Correctional Officers &amp; Police Benevolent Association reached an agreement to end the 22-day wildcat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3322873\/kathy-hochul-national-guard-combat-corrections-strike-new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"strike\">strike<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-female-inmates-in-california-being-treated-as-second-class-citizens\/\" title=\"Are Female Inmates In California Being Treated As Second...Class Citizens?\">correctional officers<\/a> over the weekend. The agreement which included provisions on overtime and other improvements to working conditions, would mostly be honored despite the 85% return-to-work threshold not being met on Monday, state officials said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3343639\/judge-gives-trump-deadline-2-billion-dollar-usaid-cuts\/\">Judge gives Trump deadline for progress on returning $2 billion in USAID cuts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3343713\/christopher-cooper-doge-secrecy-records-requests\/\">Judge finds DOGE works in &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-doge-works-in-unusual-secrecy-must-comply-with-foia-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Judge: ... works in \u2018unusual secrecy,&#039; must comply with FOIA ... Washington Examiner\">unusual secrecy&#038;rsquo<\/a>; and must comply with records requests<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3342423\/fbi-hands-over-subpoenaed-documents-christopher-wray-withheld\/\">FBI hands over subpoenaed documents that Republicans say Christopher Wray withheld<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;My top priority is the safety and well-being of all New Yorkers &mdash; and I have been working around-the-clock to end this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lori-lightfoot-accuses-fraternal-order-of-police-leader-of-trying-to-induce-an-insurrection-over-vaccine-mandate\/\" title=\"Lori Lightfoot Accuses Fraternal Order Of Police Leader Of Trying To \u2018Induce An Insurrection\u2019 Over Vaccine Mandate\">illegal work stoppage<\/a> and restore safety in our correctional system,&rdquo;&nbsp;Hochul said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/recover-recruit-rebuild-governor-hochul-updates-new-yorkers-future-states-correctional-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">statement<\/a>. &ldquo;We have taken unprecedented steps to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seattle-suburb-backs-down-from-ban-on-abortion-clinic-protesters\/\" title=\"Seattle Suburb Backs Down From Ban on Abortion Clinic Protesters\">protect public safety<\/a>, and I am grateful to the National Guard and DOCCS personnel who stayed on the job, going above and beyond to protect their fellow New Yorkers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, we can finally say this work stoppage is over and move forward towards making our prisons safer for all, supporting our correctional staff, and recruiting the correction officers of the future,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<p>After announcing the nearly 2,000 workers who did not report to work Monday would be fired, Hochul signed an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-03\/eo_47.3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">executive order<\/a> Tuesday declaring that &ldquo;no New York State agency shall hire or appoint any individual&rdquo; terminated for attempting to continue the illegal strike.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3329735\/hochul-launches-youre-hired-initiative-hire-workers-fired-by-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"HOCHUL LAUNCHES &lsquo;YOU&rsquo;RE HIRED&rsquo; INITIATIVE TO HIRE WORKERS FIRED BY DOGE\">HOCHUL LAUNCHES &lsquo;YOU&rsquo;RE HIRED&rsquo; INITIATIVE TO HIRE WORKERS FIRED BY DOGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The governor&rsquo;s office also said the more than 6,000 National Guard members who had been stationed in the absence of the striking correctional officers would continue to be deployed in the interim.<\/p>\n<p>The strike, which began last month, was not sanctioned by the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">union representing correctional officers<\/a> and had multiple failed attempts at resolution. Hochul and other Empire State officials consider the latest agreement to be a success at ending the strike.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2035218\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2035218\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hochul dismisses 2,000 striking prison guards, bans future state employment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2412541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/new-york-correctional-officers-striking-february-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4274,8433,51949,50590,32076],"class_list":["post-2412540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-firing","tag-hochul","tag-prison-guards","tag-strike-2","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/new-york-correctional-officers-striking-february-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412540"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412544,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412540\/revisions\/2412544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2412541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}