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Solar Eclipse: NY Prisons Will Be Locked Down During Celestial Spectacle Solar Eclipse: NY Prisons Will Be Locked Down During Celestial Spectacle
Solar Eclipse: NY Prisons Will Be Locked Down During Celestial Spectacle Among those eagerly anticipating next week’s total solar eclipse are New York’s prison inmates, but not all of them will catch the celestial spectacle. Twenty-three state prisons fall directly within the “path of totality,” meaning they will experience up to three and a half minutes of total darkness during the “Great Northern American Eclipse” on Monday afternoon, April 8. Out of precaution, all 23 of those correctional facilities will be locked down and operate on a holiday schedule, Thomas Mailey, a spokesperson for the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) told Dai…

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New York Corrections Officer Suspended After ‘Vile’ Facebook Post On Buffalo Shooting New York Corrections Officer Suspended After ‘Vile’ Facebook Post On Buffalo Shooting
New York Corrections Officer Suspended After ‘Vile’ Facebook Post On Buffalo Shooting A New York corrections officer could lose his job over a “vile” Facebook post about the mass shooting in Buffalo. The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision issued a statement Tuesday, May 17, saying it had been made aware of a “despicable” social media post by an employee of the department. “The comments made by this correction officer are in violation of multiple Department rules and will not be tolerated,” reads the statement. “This vile posting does not represent the morals and values of the thousands of staff members in the Department.” The statement did not name the emp…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Police In Westchester Solve Decades-Old Cold Case Police In Westchester Solve Decades-Old Cold Case
Police In Westchester Solve Decades-Old Cold Case Police in Westchester have solved a cold case after nearly three decades. The Mount Vernon Police Department announced that after 27 years, investigators have identified the man who killed local resident Jacinto Liriano, 61, who was murdered in a botched robbery on Friday, May 7, 1993. Shortly after 10:30 p.m. on the night of the attempted robbery, Liriano, who had immigrated to the United States from the Dominican Republic the month before, was shot and killed on West First Street. According to police, detectives worked to locate witnesses for years, but were unable to find anyone to coo…

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by Zak Failla