The Department of Veterans Affairs has temporarily suspended billions in contract cuts after an uproar that critical veterans health services were harmed, lawmakers and veterans service organizations ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Mediation is underway between New York State and New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision workers, with "wildcat" strikes continuing across the state. This is ...

President Donald Trump's administration has given New York until March 21 to comply with its order to halt Manhattan’s new ...

Jack O'Donnell of O'Donnell and Associates joined Voices to give his insight as lawmakers debate prison reform and the HALT Act.

Members of the New York State Assembly recently gathered to express displeasure with the working conditions that have led to ongoing strikes with corrections officers statewide. They include ...

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 ...

Retired corrections officer Jerry “Satch” Sawyer and several family members have called on the city to support calls for ...

Cayuga County Sheriff Brian Schenck is calling on the state Legislature to either repeal or make significant changes to HALT.

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

Lawmakers from both chambers, who were briefed about the governor’s plan, tell the Post they’re skeptical it would have a ...

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