The officers union did not authorize the strike, and it was unclear how it would enforce the agreement. The stoppages have affected all but one of the state’s 42 prisons.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced an agreement to end a wildcat strike that has roiled the state’s prison system for more than a week.

What makes it complicated is that the upwards of 10,000 workers who walked off their jobs in the prison conducted the strike without their union’s approval. Therefore, if a deal

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says an agreement has been reached to end a work stoppage at state correctional facilities.

An ongoing wildcat strike by correction officers who staff more than 30 New York prisons could soon be over after the guards’ union reached a deal with Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office Thursday night. The mediator-negotiated deal suspends aspects of the HALT Act,