Fewer than 85% of corrections officers returned to work meaning a deal struck between the state and NYSCOPBA is not valid, but Assemblyman Scott Gray is asking for an extension.
If the request falls on deaf ears, corrections officers who did not return to work will be without jobs and will face legal consequences. In fact if the deal isn’t honored by the state, the officers who returned to work aren’t guaranteed any protections either.
“I am writing to urge DOCCS to continue to honor the terms outlined in a Memorandum of Agreement between the State of New York and the New York State Correction and Police Benevolent Association, despite the 85% return-to-work threshold not being met,” he said in a letter to the Commissioner Daniel Martuscello…