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DOCCS will rehire some fired COs after wildcat strike

Despite Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul’s pledge not to rehire any of the 2,000 corrections officers her administration fired in March at the end of a 22-day wildcat strike, the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision is moving to do just that for a limited number of ...

State lawmakers pass budget

ALBANY — The New York state budget has passed — lawmakers in the state Assembly and Senate wrapped up voting on the $254 billion state spending plan late Thursday night. In a series of nine bills, the state legislature and Gov. Kathy Hochul agreed on a wide-ranging array of policy and ...

Lacrosse hazing included high schoolers staging armed abduction

SYRACUSE (AP) — Members of a high school lacrosse program in upstate New York are accused of staging an armed abduction of younger players in an stunt that “went way beyond hazing,” prosecutors said this week — warning that the students will be charged with kidnapping if they don’t ...

State Police are feeding ICE a gang database

As President Donald Trump’s administration rounds up hundreds of immigrants it claims are gang members and expels them to a notorious Salvadoran prison, New York state is quietly feeding federal authorities gang intelligence that could fuel the deportation machine. The New York State ...

Hochul pushes involuntary commitment for mental health

Thousands of New Yorkers around the state are sitting on waitlists for two state-funded mental health treatment and support programs, according to data obtained by the Legal Aid Society and reviewed by New York Focus. Some applicants wait years for voluntary long-term mental health support, ...