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Burke board asks governor to investigate prison safety concerns
Summary
The board adopted RESOLUTION #6-2025 asking Governor Kathy Hochul and state legislators to investigate safety and security concerns at nearby correctional facilities; the motion passed with one abstention recorded from Councilman Tim Crippen.
The Burke Town Board on March 11 approved RESOLUTION #6-2025 urging Governor Kathy Hochul to investigate safety and security concerns raised by correctional facility employees who live in the town. The resolution, moved by Paddy Wheeler and seconded by Eric Ashlaw, passed on a roll-call vote with Tim Crippen recorded as abstaining and James Otis absent.
The certified resolution text states the board’s concerns about working conditions at local correctional facilities and directs that copies be sent to Governor Hochul and to the town’s state legislators. The minutes list recipients as Governor Hochul, Senator Dan Stec and Assemblymember Billy Jones.
