Statewide division continues over the Halt Act. Correction officers entered their ninth day of striking on Tuesday and said ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — In 2021, former Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Human Alternatives to Long Term Solitary Confinement ...

After a week of protests and unsanctioned strikes outside prisons in New York's North Country, Sen. Dan Stec made an attempt ...

As the NYS correction officers strike continues at NY state prisons, both sides are set to meet with a mediator today.

Sheriff Brian Schenck is calling for urgent changes to the HALT Act, arguing that the law has led to a surge in violence ...

But a joint statement issued Sunday by Senators James Skoufis, Pete Harckham, Michelle Hinchey and Rachel May calling for ...

This week on the Disabilities Beat, WBFO’s Emyle Watkins spoke with Ify Chikezie, a staff attorney at the NYCLU about what a ...

As strikes at New York prisons enter their ninth day, an effort in Albany to answer prison worker pleas has been voted down.

Assemblyman Joe Sempolinski on Tuesday called on Gov. Kathy Hochul to repeal the HALT Act to restore safety to New York’s ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has upped the ante on striking prison workers, serving hundreds with court papers and threatening to withdraw health insurance.

A NYSCOPBA representative said there was progress made "on several issues" on Day 2 as mediators prepare to meet again this ...