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New York City Mayor Eric Adams has vowed to keep punitive segregation going in an attempt to curb the jails’ exploding violence. 

(TNS) – New York state lawmakers voted to pass dozens of new laws in the past year that will go into effect in 2022.

New York State Team ALBANY – New York lawmakers wrapped up their annual session at the state Capitol on Thursday after passing hundreds of bills that now await Gov. Andrew Cuomos approval. All told, 892 bills were approved by both the Senate and Assembly from January 1 through June 10, including a measure legalizing recreational marijuana and a state budget that hiked taxes on the wealthy. Cuomo has already acted on more than 100 bills approved during the legislative session, but hell take th...

13 hrs ago A fatal accident on the state Thruway Thursday afternoon caused traffic to be diverted onto Route 34 in Weedsport. According to a news release from state police, a crash involving a box truck and a tractor trailer occurred at about 12:45 p.m. in the town of Tyre in Seneca County. Police said that one driver had been confirmed to have died. Police were still investigating the crash at 3:15 p.m. The Thruway Authority reported that the accident had blocked both westbound lanes between W...

By Forum Staff Following their recent unannounced visit to Rikers Island on Friday, Assemblywomen Jessica González-Rojas (D-East Elmhurst) and Nathalia Fernandez (D-Bronx) called out the NYC Board of Correction’s plan to implement solitary confinement by another name and urged the board to amend its proposed rules to truly and fully end solitary confinement in City jails. González-Rojas and Fernandez’s visit included a walkthrough of the National Institute of Corrections Structurally R...

There’s no doubt that Albany is undergoing a transformation. Voters across the state turned out in record numbers to elect Democratic and Working Families champions to the Legislature last year, winning super-majorities in both houses. And this April, the results were made clear: New York passed a budget that provides historic funding to our public school students, tenants, immigrants and Black and brown communities. We legalized cannabis for adults with provisions to ensure the benefits are ...

AUBURN — Citing the potential for more violence in prisons, the union representing New York correctional officers is suing to stop the implementation of a solitary confinement reform law Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed in April.  The New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association filed the lawsuit in federal court on Monday. While the main focus is on stopping the changes to solitary confinement protocols, the union is also accusing the defendants, including Cuomo and t...

NEW YORK NOW – A union representing correction officers in New York filed a federal lawsuit Monday to overturn the Humane Alternatives to Solitary Confinement Act, or HALT, a new law passed in March to limit the use of solitary confinement in state prisons. The New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, or NYSCOPBA, claimed in the suit that the new law violates the federal civil rights of its members. NYSCOPBA President Mike Powers speaks to reporters in Albany on...

Created: May 10, 2021 08:31 AM The union representing New Yorks correctional officers says its filing a civil rights lawsuit against the state and Gov. Cuomo. In this lawsuit, NYSCOPBA is really calling for one thing in particular, the repeal of the HALT Solitary Confinement Act. Gov. Cuomo signed this bill into law a little more than a month ago. It limits the amount of time an inmate can spend in solitary confinement to 15 days, and exempts certain populations like young people or ...

Correctional officers union suing Cuomo, New York State over solitary confinement law The union that represents correctional officers is suing New York State, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision over a new law limiting solitary confinement at state prisons. Posted: May 11, 2021 10:57 AM Updated: May 11, 2021 11:06 AM Posted By: WKTV ALBANY, N.Y. – The union that represents correctional officers is suing New York State, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Depa...