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