Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul (NY) signed an executive order on Tuesday, barring the thousands of correctional officers she fired from ever working for the New York government again, including even for counties.
As covered by The Daily Wire, about 15,000 officers began striking and protesting on February 17, arguing that prisons across the state have become totally unsafe for inmates and workers following the implementation of the Democrat-backed HALT Act. Hochul used aggressive tactics against them, including terminating health care coverage for some 5,300 officers and their dependents, and, eventually, firing 2,000 officers and sergeants on Monday.
Steve McLaughlin, who serves as county executive for Rensselaer County, called the order “reprehensible and vicious.”
“Just when you think Hochul can’t get worse, she finds a way,” he posted to X, captioning the executive order…
