{"id":126230,"date":"2026-02-07T15:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T15:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/126230\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T15:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T15:14:08","slug":"heres-why-n-y-gov-hochul-ordered-flags-to-be-flown-at-half-staff-on-saturday-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/126230\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s why N.Y. Gov. Hochul ordered flags to be flown at half-staff on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CIHGYFSLBVB5TKMY7VOJ333FOI\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Governor Kathy Hochul directed that flags on all New York State government buildings be flown at half-staff in memory of a fallen correction officer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6GI2ZLYXIFETZMKAUOST5GHQ7Y\">The flags are lowered to honor Charlie Hall, who died on Jan. 21 from a medical emergency while on duty at Five Points Correctional Facility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QMO3RJS3FZHRLOZMLVJ2YDNIHY\">\u201cI am deeply grateful to Correction Officer Charlie Hall for his service and selfless dedication to maintain the security of New York\u2019s correctional facilities and protecting others from harm,\u201d Hochul said in a news release. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"Q3AQ3M7JRRDC5ORUFJZWBSQPZI\">\u201cToday I join Officer Hall\u2019s loved ones and fellow correction officers in honoring his life and commitment to service,\u201d said Hochul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IXQZ7VOOTFB7VHZVJZCKXRLTLE\">Officer Hall was an active member of the Crisis Intervention Unit at Five Points Correctional Facility. He is survived by his wife, Jennifer, daughter Lauren and son Andrew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Governor Kathy Hochul directed that flags on all New York State government buildings be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-126230","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}