Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration is bypassing the correction officers union, offering illegally striking guards at over 30 New York prisons another deal if they return to work Friday. The state proposed a new deal — without the union’s sign-off — in a desparate attempt to get the prisons fully staffed after the guards walked off the job on Feb.

Hochul warns thousands of striking prison workers of "serious consequences" 00:58. New York's wildcat prison guard strike is in its 19th day Friday. Thursday night, state official

State Corrections Commissioner Daniel Martuscello revealed Thursday that he and his team had been negotiating directly with striking officers and sergeants at many of the state’s 42 prisons, where thousands of workers walked off the job last month without union approval.