A sampling of 800 registered New York voters released Tuesday showed Gov. Kathy Hochul trouncing all of her potential ...

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards hosted a Southeast Queens town hall on Tuesday, June 17, in St. Albans, ...

The Legislature did its job passing changes in the wake of two killings; the governor needs to act with speed to make them ...

After homicides behind bars and strikes by guards, Gov. Kathy Hochul made changes to New York’s budget. That did not satisfy ...

Lawmakers in the New York state Legislature raced to pass more than 800 bills this year. The legislation now heads to Gov.

Robert Brooks was repeatedly beat and died from his injuries at the hands of New York State Correctional Officers. March 2025 saw the death of Messiah Nantwi ...

Lawyers representing Messiah Nantwi’s estate filed a federal lawsuit on June 17 against correctional officers.

Kathy Hochul’s signature to become law. She recently enlisted law firm WilmerHale to audit state prisons including Marcy and Mid-State after Brooks and Nantwi’s deaths. Ricks, the father of Robert ...

A new federal civil rights lawsuit was filed against the prison guards accused of brutally beating and killing 22-year-old ...

DOCCS Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III and Mid-State Superintendent Bryan Hilton are included in a new federal lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court.

The New York State Legislature passed a package of prison reforms on the last day of the legislative session, sending the bills to the governor’s desk. However, the governor has not indicated if she ...

Advocates say the governor and correction officials are exploiting a staffing crisis to bypass protections passed by a supermajority in 2021.