Archive for 'State Government News'
DOCCS, NYSCOPBA update ongoing mediation
Further updates expected in the coming days Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: February 26th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Snowmobiler loses consciousness, reports pain after Fourth Lake crash; Chapel Pond climber injures leg after slipping on ice, receives carry-out rescue
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Posted: February 26th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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DOCCS serving striking corrections officers with ‘legal papers’
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Posted: February 25th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Mediations begin as New York prison protests, strikes continue statewide
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Posted: February 25th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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New York Senate shuts down attempt to repeal the ‘HALT Act’
Sen. Dan Stec tried to repeal a law from 2022 that placed restrictions on solitary confinement. Click here for the MYNBC5 story
Posted: February 25th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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Lt. Gov. abandons reelection ticket alongside Hochul
Delgato expected to run for governor Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: February 25th, 2025 under Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News.
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‘He bit a chunk out of me…’ Trauma still strong for injured Clinton CO
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Posted: February 25th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Heathcare News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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New York correction officers pay docked for every day on strike
COs to be considered AWOL, lose state-sponsored health insurance for participating in “illegal job action.” Click here for the MYNBC5 story
Posted: February 24th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Community Events, General News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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Two state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision buses vandalized in Cayuga County
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Posted: February 23rd, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, State Government News, Upstate New York.
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Days into prison guard strike at NY state prisons, inmates say they feel unsafe
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Posted: February 23rd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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Hochul seeks to close more prisons, mandate that corrections officers wear cameras
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Posted: February 22nd, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, General News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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10 former prison guards charged in death of inmate Robert Brooks
Brooks was allegedly beaten by corrections officers at the Marcy correctional Facilty Click here for the ABC News story
Posted: February 21st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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COMMENTARY: What is going on at the Adirondack Park Agency?
Hostile work environment alleged Opinion piece: Click for the Adirondack Almanac Commentary
Posted: February 21st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, Statewide News.
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DOCCS rescinds 70/30 plan in effort to restore workforce
Also, it temporarily suspends aspects of HALT and announces no disciplinary action stipulations Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: February 21st, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, State Government News.
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DEC Forest Rangers and partners come to the rescue
Town of Santa Clara Franklin County Snowmobile Accident: On Feb. 14 at 1:26 p.m., Forest Rangers Corey and Ordway responded to a call for a snowmobile accident at Little Rainbow Pond on the rail trail. At 1:41 p.m., Rangers arrived and brought a Saranac Lake Paramedic to the patient. The 38-year-old snowmobiler from Mooers indicated she […]
Posted: February 20th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, State Government News.
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Hochul deploys National Guard to state prisons; judge orders corrections officers to end strike
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Posted: February 20th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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Gov. Hochul plans to deploy troops as prison officers strike around NY
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Posted: February 19th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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Adirondack conservation organizations call on APA to drop motor vehicle plan
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Posted: February 19th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Environmental News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News.
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North Country lawmakers react to prison unrest
Stec, Jones and Simpson call on the state to address ongoing staffing and safety concerns Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: February 18th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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N.Y. readies National Guard amid prison strikes
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Posted: February 18th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, National News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, Statewide News.
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Corrections staff strike at Clinton and across the state
‘It’s not safe in there.’ Click here for the Sun Community News story
Posted: February 18th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, General News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, State Government News, State Legislator News, Statewide News.
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Corrections officers hold strikes at Buffalo-area and Elmira-area prisons
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Posted: February 18th, 2025 under Law Enforcement News, State Government News, Statewide News, Upstate New York.
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Adirondack Park Lobby Day slated for Feb. 24
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Posted: February 18th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Northern NY News, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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Senator Dan Stec and Assemblyman Billy Jones express different remedies to recent correctional facility violence
Feb. 12, 2025 – Statement from State Senator Dan Stec on incidents at Upstate and Collins Correctional Facilities “Between the recent chemical exposure at Upstate Correctional Facility and today’s events at Collins, it’s more clear than ever that state policies like HALT have made these sites unsafe for correction officers, civilian staff and incarcerated individuals. […]
Posted: February 14th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, Law Enforcement News, Northern NY News, Peru/Regional History, Political News, State Government News, State Legislator News.
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Applications open for Empire State Summer Service Corps Program
SUNY students encouraged to apply by March 20 for one of 150 paid internships Click here for the Sn Community News story
Posted: February 14th, 2025 under Adirondack Region News, City News, Education News, General News, National News, State Government News.
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