ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Officials with the state looked back on the illegal corrections officer strike that started in February 2025. The strike ultimately ended in March, with 2,000 corrections employees fired.
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This week on Empire State Weekly, Daniel Martuscello the Commissioner of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) reacted to that strike and the subsequent firings. He explained DOCCS has responded to claims that some employees were laid off while on paid family leave and that they are working to resolve issues. He also laid out his goals for DOCCS in 2026.
“I want to make sure that we continue to recruit and retain a competent workforce so that my staff have a work life balance because that’s critical to me,” said Martuscello. “I want to make sure that we’re delivering services to the population that we’re proud of. I’m proud of the fact that we offer college programming at 38 out of 42 prisons… I want to see it everywhere because, at the end of the day, we’re achieving our mission and we’re returning people back to their families to their communities as better versions of themselves.”
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Also this week, students returned to school across the state for the 2025 fall semester. Levi Neuland, an A.I. expert and Senior Vice President of Marketing at the Martin Group explained the positive impacts Artificial Intelligence can have for students and teachers.
He went on to call computer programs that detect A.I. use in students work “unreliable.” He stressed the importance of teachers knowing their students learning capabilities…