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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 208 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Expressing solidarity with the New York State corrections officers striking |
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| 6 | 6 | | for better working conditions. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | MARCH10, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Ms. T |
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| 10 | 10 | | ENNEY(for herself, Mr. LALOTA, Mr. GARBARINO, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. L |
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| 12 | 12 | | AWLER, Ms. STEFANIK, and Mr. LANGWORTHY) submitted the fol- |
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| 13 | 13 | | lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 15 | 15 | | Expressing solidarity with the New York State corrections |
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| 16 | 16 | | officers striking for better working conditions. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Whereas New York State corrections officers are forced to |
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| 18 | 18 | | work in dangerous conditions and are constantly attacked |
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| 19 | 19 | | by radical leftwing politicians; |
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| 20 | 20 | | Whereas the New York State Department of Corrections and |
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| 21 | 21 | | Community Supervision officially reported 2,070 assaults |
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| 22 | 22 | | on corrections officers, nurses, and other staff across |
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| 23 | 23 | | New York State in 2024, an 85-percent increase since |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2019; |
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| 25 | 25 | | Whereas, in 2022, the HALT Act was signed into law se- |
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| 26 | 26 | | verely limiting correctional officers’ ability to discipline |
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| 27 | 27 | | inmates to keep other inmates safe through the use of |
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| 28 | 28 | | solitary confinement; |
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| 31 | 31 | | •HRES 208 IH |
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| 32 | 32 | | Whereas, due to the dangerous conditions corrections officers |
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| 33 | 33 | | are placed in, the number of facility personnel has signifi- |
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| 34 | 34 | | cantly decreased from 16,305 corrections officers in 2022 |
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| 35 | 35 | | to 13,886 corrections officers in 2025; |
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| 36 | 36 | | Whereas, due to these staffing shortages, mandatory overtime |
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| 37 | 37 | | for corrections officers has reached record levels; |
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| 38 | 38 | | Whereas, to fix the staff shortage, New York State Governor |
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| 39 | 39 | | Kathy Hochul proposed slashing the number of staff each |
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| 40 | 40 | | facility is required to maintain to be considered at ‘‘full |
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| 41 | 41 | | staffing’’, which would be a 30-percent decrease in cor- |
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| 42 | 42 | | rections officers at each facility; |
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| 43 | 43 | | Whereas the New York State Correctional Officers and Police |
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| 44 | 44 | | Benevolent Association (NYSCOPBA) has repeatedly |
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| 45 | 45 | | communicated to the Governor and the New York State |
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| 46 | 46 | | Legislature the dangers that corrections officers are fac- |
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| 47 | 47 | | ing, the need to repeal the HALT Act, and the need for |
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| 48 | 48 | | better support for our corrections officers; |
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| 49 | 49 | | Whereas, on February 17, 2025, corrections officers at the |
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| 50 | 50 | | Collins and Elmira Correctional Facilities began to strike |
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| 51 | 51 | | in protest of the conditions that corrections officers are |
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| 52 | 52 | | facing, and the strike spread to almost all of the New |
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| 53 | 53 | | York State prisons; |
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| 54 | 54 | | Whereas, in response to these strikes, Governor Hochul tem- |
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| 55 | 55 | | porarily suspended portions of the HALT Act, locked cor- |
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| 56 | 56 | | rections officers inside the facilities, and forced inmates |
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| 57 | 57 | | into 24-hour lockdowns; |
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| 58 | 58 | | Whereas New York State and NYSCOPBA entered into arbi- |
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| 59 | 59 | | tration, and the final consent award did not sufficiently |
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| 60 | 60 | | resolve many of the underlying issues that caused the |
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| 61 | 61 | | strike; and |
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| 64 | 64 | | •HRES 208 IH |
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| 65 | 65 | | Whereas corrections officers who continue to strike for safe |
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| 66 | 66 | | working conditions are now being terminated and losing |
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| 67 | 67 | | their health care: Now, therefore, be it |
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| 68 | 68 | | Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 1 |
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| 69 | 69 | | (1) expresses solidarity with the New York 2 |
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| 70 | 70 | | State corrections officers as they fight for better 3 |
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| 71 | 71 | | working conditions; 4 |
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| 72 | 72 | | (2) condemns Governor Kathy Hochul and New 5 |
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| 73 | 73 | | York State for their treatment of corrections offi-6 |
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| 74 | 74 | | cers; and 7 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (3) urges the New York State Legislature to ex-8 |
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| 76 | 76 | | peditiously repeal the HALT Act which makes every 9 |
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| 77 | 77 | | New York State correctional facility more dan-10 |
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| 78 | 78 | | gerous. 11 |
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