A judge of the Supreme Court of the State in the county of Albany placed a temporary injunction against the executive decree of the governor of New York, Kathy Hochul by Spectrum News 1.
The order was criticized at the county level, with Anthony Picente, the director of the county of Oneida, recently calling him “gross and abuse”. The decision is not on a state level and only applies to the county of Oneida.
The trial follows a resolution of the Board of Legislators of the County of Oneida, arguing that the State was going beyond its scope by prohibiting the correction agents dismissed from working in the service of the State, claiming that it will have an impact on hiring efforts at all levels of the government.
“This is a victory for us in Oneida County. It is a victory for men and women who have been admirably correction agents and deserve the opportunity to continue their career in the public service,” said Picente during a press briefing on Wednesday. “We believed and we continue to believe that the order of the governor was unfair. He was exaggerated and only harmed individuals, but also endangered the security and operations of the office of our sheriff.”
The governor’s decree indicates that those who participated in the unauthorized strike violated Taylor’s law, undermined the public confidence and disturbed the public service and therefore do not suit public roles.
The judge successfully ruled the county of Oneida showed irreparable damage not to be able to hire separate officers to fill the vacant positions in the Sheriff’s office and other local agencies.
The sheriff of the county of Oneida, Rob Maciol, said that the decision had caused an immediate hiring of former separate correction agents, with three individuals who started work Thursday and seven others in the coming days. 12 others are going through medical physique as part of the hiring process.
In addition, 20 lateral transfers from the Correctional Services department and community supervision not part of the strike were also hired – five of which start on Thursday.