Kathy Hochul

"G.H. On Strike" read a makeshift placard beneath the Green Haven Correctional Facility sign.

State Prison Strike Drags On as Gov. Hochul Threatens Firings and Arrests

March 3, 2025, 7:44 p.m.March 4, 2025, 6:17 a.m.

New York has used both carrots and sticks in a so-far unsuccessful effort to end the wildcat walkout, with the governor now pushing to get permission from a state judge to begin arresting striking officers.

People enter and exit Bellevue Hospital’s main entrance.

Economy

What Trump’s Big Budget Cuts Could Mean for New York

March 3, 2025, 2:21 p.m.March 3, 2025, 2:22 p.m.

Health care, food stamps and housing funds are all especially vulnerable as the city and state prepare their own budgets without clarity on how harsh the blows will be.

Corrections officers hold a picket line outside Green Haven prison.

Labor

Tentative Agreement to End State Prison Strike Rolls Back Solitary Reform

Feb. 28, 2025, 1:50 p.m.Feb. 28, 2025, 2:02 p.m.

Gov. Kathy Hochul agreed to temporarily suspend a rule limiting the use of solitary confinement to 15-days and to pay officers extra money to work overtime on weekends.

People with family who died in state prison decry a corrections officers strike.

Prisons

Two Sing Sing Prisoners Die Hours Apart as Illegal Guard Strike Drags On

Feb. 27, 2025, 5:52 p.m.Feb. 28, 2025, 10:22 a.m.

Anthony Douglas, 67, and Franklyn Dominguez, 35, died on Wednesday afternoon within about four hours at a prison that has been on lockdown since correction officers launched a wildcat walkout in mid-February.

Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at an MTA board meeting inside Grand Central Madison about her fight to project congestion pricing.

Traffic

Hochul: We Won’t Be ‘Steamrolled’ by Trump on Congestion Pricing

Feb. 26, 2025, 5:15 p.m.Feb. 27, 2025, 3:46 p.m.

The governor showed up at a Manhattan MTA board meeting to talk tough and promise that New York will fight a federal shutdown of the tolling plan with “orderly resistance.”

Congestion Pricing

Congestion Pricing on Track to Fill Transit Funding Gap, MTA Says

Feb. 24, 2025, 6:15 p.m.Feb. 24, 2025, 7:02 p.m.

In the first 27 days of tolling, nearly 7 in 10 dollars in congestion pricing revenue came from enger vehicles rather than for-hire cars, trucks or motorcycles.

Gov. Kathy Hochul holds a press conference at her Midtown office.

Albany

Hochul Aims to Increase Oversight Over Adams in Wake of Trump Deal

Feb. 20, 2025, 1:59 p.m.Feb. 20, 2025, 6:35 p.m.

The governor, who had been mulling using her power to oust the embattled mayor, cites “the will of the voters” to keep him in place — despite his pact to drop corruption charges.

Gov. Kathy Hochul walks out of Marcy Correctional Facility with barbed wire behind her. She walks with a man in a grey suit on the right and a woman in a beige suit on the left.

Prisons

Hochul Activates the National Guard as Prison Strike Escalates

Feb. 19, 2025, 5:44 p.m.Feb. 20, 2025, 12:07 p.m.

Striking correction officers want limits lifted on use of solitary confinement and hiring of additional staff.

Transit

Trump Claws Back Approval for Congestion Pricing in Manhattan

Feb. 19, 2025, 12:43 p.m.Feb. 21, 2025, 4:35 p.m.

MTA and Hochul seek court intervention following Federal Highway istration's withdrawal of for the tolling program, while president declares: "LONG LIVE THE KING!"

Governor Hochul wears a dark navy suit and holds a black folder. A man is on her right in a grey suit and her left a woman in a dark green jacket. The red brick prison entrance reads Marcy Correctional Facility behind them.

Labor

Wildcat Strike at 25 State Prisons Leads Hochul to Ready National Guard

Feb. 18, 2025, 5:50 p.m.Feb. 19, 2025, 10:59 a.m.

State correction officers are upset over lack of staff and proposed reforms that would make it harder to discipline detainees.

Kathy Hochul

State Prison Strike Drags On as Gov. Hochul Threatens Firings and Arrests

What Trump’s Big Budget Cuts Could Mean for New York

Tentative Agreement to End State Prison Strike Rolls Back Solitary Reform

Two Sing Sing Prisoners Die Hours Apart as Illegal Guard Strike Drags On

Hochul: We Won’t Be ‘Steamrolled’ by Trump on Congestion Pricing

Congestion Pricing on Track to Fill Transit Funding Gap, MTA Says

Hochul Aims to Increase Oversight Over Adams in Wake of Trump Deal

Hochul Activates the National Guard as Prison Strike Escalates

Trump Claws Back Approval for Congestion Pricing in Manhattan

Wildcat Strike at 25 State Prisons Leads Hochul to Ready National Guard

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