If they strike, Cuomo will sic his Trump-hating Attorney General Letitia James on them using the Taylor Law. Correctional Officers in NY State went on strike in 1979, and were out for several months. The National Guard was called up to cover for the striking officers. When it was over, the Union settled for nothing more than what was in the original contract offer. The officers felt betrayed. Each officer that went out was fined two days for each strike day. Many of them were paying the fines off for years.
” The National Guard was called up to cover for the striking officers.”
I can see it now: unarmed and unshielded NatGuards facing the horde. Besides, if the Guard is called up, the left will accuse Cuomo of being a tyrant. Appeasing the horde is a sure way to fail and Cuomo and that communist mayor have done both.
What could go wrong?