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ROME â Members of the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday to put future state prison closures on hold.
NYSCOPBA held a news conference urging the governor and the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision not to close any more prisons until a study can be commissioned to address violence inside prisons amid a steady decline in the inmate population.
NYSCOPBA Western Region Vice President Mark DeBurgomaster discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the union and its members. He noted their members did not work from home during the pandemic, but worked in confined spaces, putting their health at risk. He said some of their members died because of COVID. He said members worked through the closure of three facilities.
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A fatal accident on the state Thruway Thursday afternoon caused traffic to be diverted onto Route 34 in Weedsport.
According to a news release from state police, a crash involving a box truck and a tractor trailer occurred at about 12:45 p.m. in the town of Tyre in Seneca County. Police said that one driver had been confirmed to have died.
Police were still investigating the crash at 3:15 p.m.
The Thruway Authority reported that the accident had blocked both westbound lanes between Weedsport Exit 40 and Waterloo Exit 41, and a traffic alert posted at 2:23 p.m. said that westbound traffic would be halted until further notice. The Thruway Authority had earlier reported delays and stop-and-go traffic in the same area.
Corrections officers intercept drugs in Gouverneur, union says Gouverneur Correctional Facility (Source: WWNY) By 7 News Staff | May 14, 2021 at 12:27 PM EDT - Updated May 14 at 12:27 PM
GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. (WWNY) - Officers at the Gouverneur Correctional Facility seized drugs in three separate incidents this week, according to the union that represents the officers.
The New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association says an officer processing packages on Monday discovered green cellophane bundles containing synthetic marijuana inside a can of fish.
The 93 grams of the drug were mailed from Brooklyn.
Another 104 grams of synthetic marijuana were found Wednesday when an officer in the mailroom noticed abnormalities in four cans of food that were mailed to an inmate. A K-9 that happened to be in the mailroom alerted on the cans.