Hochul’s proposal to close 5 more NY prisons rankles state GOP
Austin C Jefferson, City & State NY: STATE CAPITOL — ANew York’s prison population has nearly halved since 1999, and there is a staffing shortage plaguing the state’s remaining facilities. But Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposal to close five more state prisons in the next fiscal year has still irked state legislative Republicans – who said the plan disregards public safety and prison worker livelihoods...