Statement from Congressman Nick Langworthy on Governor Hochul’s Vindictive Order Banning Corrections Officers from Future State Employment

WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 12—Congressman Nick Langworthy issued the following statement condemning Governor Kathy Hochul’s disgraceful order barring corrections officers from future state employment: 

“Governor Hochul’s latest assault on our hardworking corrections officers amounts to nothing more than callous and petty retribution. These brave men and women engaged in a strike as a last resort because they were pushed to a breaking point and their concerns have fallen on deaf ears.

Instead of negotiating in good faith to bring needed changes to their third world working conditions and safety, she ripped their children off their health insurance, fired them and is now trying to prevent them gaining future employment.

This was a gutless, vindictive move that shows how much hate and contempt she has for our uniformed heroes. A federal investigation into this blatant, outrageous overreach can’t come soon enough.”