Gov. Hochul blocks fired corrections officers from state and law enforcement jobs

. — Governor Kathy Hochul is issuing an executive order to prevent other state agencies from hiring former corrections officers who were fired for their involvement in the illegal strikes. On Monday, the Department of Corrections & Community Supervision (DOCCS) terminated about 2,000 officers who did not return to work after three weeks of striking. Public employees cannot strike under state law. Those that remained on the picket line were also doing so in direct defiance of a judge's restraining order, meaning there had been the possibility of law enforcement arresting officers on a criminal contempt charge.