{"id":70880,"date":"2025-12-15T10:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T10:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/70880\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T10:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T10:32:11","slug":"2025-winners-losers-of-the-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/70880\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Winners & Losers of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Peter Sterne broke the news<\/a> in July 2024 for City & State that an Assembly member from Queens, Zohran Mamdani, was considering running for New York City mayor, no one could\u2019ve foreseen what happened next. \u201cMamdani is a rising star on the left,\u201d Sterne noted 18 months ago, and now Mamdani\u2019s a rising star nationally \u2013 for democratic socialism and for young Democrats eager for change. The groundswell of support expanded the Democratic primary electorate in a way that only one poll<\/a> even came close to predicting. Mamdani\u2019s shocking primary victory over Andrew Cuomo changed the course of the year. It led to Cuomo\u2019s desperation in the general election, indulging some of the most toxic parts of this political moment, and Eric Adams\u2019 pivot to the right amid collapsing support among voters. The question looking back at 2025\u2019s storyline: Are we at the start of the story of New York\u2019s next great mayor, or was this the climax of a story about winning the second-hardest job in America?<\/p>\n

WINNERS<\/p>\n

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\nNew York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani was the story of the year. \/\u00a0Angela Weiss\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Zohran Mamdani<\/p>\n

This was the best year of Zohran Mamdani\u2019s life, he said, particularly June, \u201cthe month where everything we had been working towards started to come into fruition, and a month where people gave themselves permission to believe in a different kind of politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Back in January, aside from being a mayoral candidate, his day to day was still relatively normal. He was able to walk down the street and take the subway without being noticed, but there were signs of his coming success. That month, he qualified for matching funds with more campaign donations than any of his opponents. In February, he polled at 1% in the first independent survey of the race (and he got married<\/a>). In March, he confronted<\/a> Trump\u2019s border czar Tom Homan in the state Capitol and maxed out<\/a> on fundraising earlier than anyone else. By April, he was consistently in second place in the polls behind the man everyone assumed would easily win: Andrew Cuomo. In May, he held his first rally<\/a> and got his first endorsement from a non-Democratic Socialists of America-endorsed elected official: state Sen. Gustavo Rivera. In June, his campaign surpassed 1 million doors knocked, and he sparred with nine candidates on the primary debate stage. He won the Democratic primary for mayor, shocked<\/a> the city and became a global star overnight. He learned he\u2019d have to beat Cuomo again<\/a> in July, and he went to Uganda that month to celebrate his wedding. In August, he was on the cover of Time<\/a> and held a scavenger hunt for his supporters<\/a>. In September, Gov. Kathy Hochul endorsed him, and a Texas man was arrested<\/a> for making threats against him. In October, he gave a landmark address<\/a> on Islamophobia, and he was finally endorsed by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. By November, his campaign reported knocking on 3 million doors. He won the general election decisively, and he promptly announced his transition co-chairs. He flew to Washington, D.C., to meet with President Donald Trump and held a friendly press conference so surreal<\/a> it prompted our intern to\u00a0 say we had \u201cjumped timelines.\u201d In December, he announced his transition had raised $3 million, and confirmed he would move into Gracie Mansion.<\/p>\n

It must all be a little dizzying. Mamdani said he recently went to an AT&T to get his phone fixed, and the employee said he looked very familiar and asked if he had come into the store before. Mamdani explained he might look familiar because he\u2019s about to be mayor. The man apologized and said he doesn\u2019t have time to focus on much beyond work. \u201cThat is the reality for so many New Yorkers, and it\u2019s one that we need to address by addressing the cost of living crisis in the city,\u201d Mamdani said, exhibiting his now-legendary message discipline. He said he\u2019s determined to keep talking to regular people.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause if the only New Yorker you see is the reflection of yourself in the tinted glass window in your detail car, then you will start to lose sight of the issues and the struggles that New Yorkers are facing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 Holly Pretsky<\/p>\n

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\nThe likely next New York City Council speaker, Julie Menin \/\u00a0Emil Cohen\/NYC Council Media Unit<\/p>\n

Julie Menin<\/p>\n

There was some last-minute rearranging to put Julie Menin on this list. The New York City Council doesn\u2019t vote on its speaker until early January, which means most presumptive winners are crowned in mid-December at the earliest<\/a>. None of the five candidates<\/a>, we were sure, would have anything locked up by now.<\/p>\n

Menin defied expectations.<\/p>\n

The Upper East Side council member closed out the speaker race on the eve of Thanksgiving, going public with a supermajority of council members<\/a> pledging their support on the record. Her closest competitor, progressive Council Member Crystal Hudson, effectively conceded, and Menin has spent the past couple weeks meeting with all the members<\/a> who weren\u2019t in her coalition \u2013 mainly holdouts in the council\u2019s Progressive Caucus. And though there are still a few weeks to go until the body votes to elect the next speaker, there\u2019s no indication that Menin\u2019s commanding coalition will falter.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s thanks to the relentless course that Menin has charted over the past year, and even for years before that. Menin\u2019s work on key legislation left a few powerful labor unions glued to her side. Her outreach to current and incoming members was exhaustive. Alignment with Democratic leaders in Queens and the Bronx \u2013\u00a0and, in the end, Brooklyn \u2013 delivered Menin blocs that tore into Hudson\u2019s support among progressives and nullified any notion that Republicans would go with another candidate.<\/p>\n

In a city that has become somewhat accustomed to unexpected victories \u2013\u00a0whether it\u2019s Adrienne Adams\u2019 compromise speaker candidacy in 2021, or Zohran Mamdani\u2019s establishment-shaking mayoral win this year \u2013\u00a0Menin delivered a front-runner\u2019s victory. Early, aggressive and irrefutable.<\/p>\n

To quote Eric Adams<\/a>, when does the hard part start? Well, probably quite soon. Menin stayed conspicuously neutral in both the Democratic mayoral primary and the general election for mayor, in which nearly all of her speaker opponents endorsed Mamdani. She has made the case to Mamdani skeptics that she will hold the new administration accountable and not be a rubber stamp \u2013\u00a0and has reportedly floated<\/a> reviving the council\u2019s little-used subpoena power \u2013 while signaling to Mamdani supporters that she will work on shared goals like universal child care. How she navigates that balance will come into clearer public view \u2013\u00a0and under more scrutiny \u2013\u00a0when she takes office.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Annie McDonough<\/p>\n

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\nAlbany Mayor-elect Dorcey Applyrs and Syracuse Mayor-elect Sharon Owens won historic elections. \/\u00a0Jim Franco\/Albany Times Union via Getty Images,\u00a0Laiza Semidey<\/p>\n

Dorcey Applyrs & Sharon Owens<\/p>\n

On their way to breaking the glass ceiling, Dorcey Applyrs and Sharon Owens took the same path \u2013 just in different cities. The first Black mayor of Albany, Applyrs captured City Hall after assembling a campaign that stressed her progressive roots, while overcoming the Albany Democratic Party endorsing another candidate. The chief city auditor, Applyrs leaned into an endorsement from the Working Families Party, along with support from Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie to win the Democratic nomination in a landslide, tantamount to election in the capital city.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Syracuse, Owens is stepping into City Hall after years as deputy mayor to term-limited Mayor Ben Walsh. Owens had to overcome a Democratic primary opponent endorsed by Syracuse Democrats on her way to becoming the first Black mayor in Syracuse.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Applyrs and Owens are the second women to be elected mayors of their respective cities.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Once both become mayor on Jan. 1, Applyrs and Owens will find their paths diverging a bit, but in some ways there are a lot of similarities in issues they will inherit, namely the attention of another glass ceiling shatterer \u2013 Gov. Kathy Hochul \u2013 in the interests of their cities. Applyrs is stepping into City Hall as Hochul is working to remake the capital city, including a $400 million state investment in the redevelopment of Albany\u2019s downtown, including improvements to Empire State Plaza. In addition, there is a growing interest in improving access to the Hudson River waterfront, currently abutted by an interstate highway, a project being looked at by state officials as part of Hochul\u2019s reconnecting communities initiative.<\/p>\n

Owens inherits a city in the middle of the signature reconnecting communities project of dismantling the Interstate 81 viaduct that runs through the middle of the city and turning it into a grand boulevard, diverting highway traffic around the city\u2019s core. At the same time Central New York is in the middle of the planned $100 billion Micron project, which will place the semiconductor company\u2019s new plants in the suburb of Clay. This game-changing economic development project \u2013 a key Hochul priority that will impact a vast part of upstate \u2013 will dominate the agenda of any Central New York elected official for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

\u2013 John Celock<\/p>\n

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\nNew York City First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro wielded outsized power. \/\u00a0Lev Radin\/Pacific Press\/LightRocket via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Randy Mastro<\/p>\n

He might be a long way from childhood, but he\u2019s been one of 2025\u2019s biggest comeback kids. After the New York City Council torpedoed his chances<\/a> in 2024 of becoming the city\u2019s corporation counsel<\/a>, it was Randy Mastro who got the last laugh, sauntering back to City Hall just six months later flexing a far more powerful role.<\/p>\n

Mayor Eric Adams chose the well-known lawyer in March to serve as his first deputy mayor in wake of several well-respected top officials\u2019 departures. For Mastro, who\u2019d served as deputy mayor for operations and chief of staff under then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani 30 years ago, stepping into city government\u2019s No. 2 position was part homecoming, part opportunity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Not only has he clearly been having a blast, he has wielded an unusual degree of power too. Government insiders have billed Mastro as running the show at City Hall \u2013 first, as Adams mounted his long-shot reelection bid, and then as the mayor has traveled and contemplated what comes next in the waning days of his tenure. While Mastro\u2019s decisions have drawn both ire and acclamation, nobody can deny his impact. He played a big role in budget negotiations, a deal approved unanimously<\/a> by the City Council for the first time in years. He reversed the administration\u2019s course on long-standing initiatives like the enforcement of mandatory residential composting, lowered speed limits for e-bikes and blocked a project to build senior housing at the Elizabeth Street Garden site. He pushed for a new office to combat antisemitism. The list could go on and on.<\/p>\n

Oh, don\u2019t forget Mastro\u2019s adorable dog Kato<\/a>, who often accompanies him to City Hall.<\/a> And despite his rocky start with City Council members, he has even managed to charm some<\/a> of his most skeptical critics. Mastro\u2019s reign at City Hall will soon come to a close, though the fingerprints he leaves behind \u2013\u00a0like helping appoint new members to the Rent Guidelines Board<\/a> \u2013 are likely to linger into the Mamdani administration. But Mastro knew going in that his days in the role would be numbered. \u201cI consider this role to be a blessing, and I intend to make every day I\u2019m here count,\u201d he told Hell Gate.<\/a> \u201cI can sleep in January.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013 Sahalie Donaldson<\/p>\n

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\nMTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber stood behind congestion pricing. \/\u00a0NDZ\/Star Max\/GC Images\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Janno Lieber<\/p>\n

The job of leading the largest public transit network in the country is one that provides few opportunities for outright victories. For the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the return of President Donald Trump to the White House has led to manufactured funding crises<\/a> for major infrastructure projects. The nation\u2019s bombastic transportation secretary has made a personal enemy of the New York City subway system \u2013\u00a0he prefers using the term \u201cshithole\u201d\u00a0\u2013\u00a0and even sidestepped<\/a> the MTA for a subway photo op. Every day, the subway will inevitably disappoint \u2013\u00a0a 30-minute delay here, a planned line shutdown there, a still incomplete systemwide buildout of station elevators \u2013\u00a0leaving New Yorkers cursing the MTA on one commute or another.<\/p>\n

Despite it all, allow us to make the case that MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber was triumphant on New York\u2019s biggest transportation transformation in years. That is, of course, congestion pricing.<\/p>\n

Some observers thought Lieber \u2013\u00a0a vocal champion as well as logistical manager of the first-in-the-nation tolling program \u2013\u00a0was bound to quit over Gov. Kathy Hochul\u2019s last-minute indefinite \u201cpause\u201d<\/a> of the program\u2019s rollout last summer. Some questioned just how long that pause might be, or whether it would become a permanent pause. And even once Hochul gave the go-ahead to switch on the program starting Jan. 5, questions remained<\/a> among the program\u2019s supporters as to just how prepared the MTA was to make it a success.<\/p>\n

The first sign of success? Well, it\u2019s still happening. Between Hochul\u2019s pause and a series of legal challenges, that wasn\u2019t always a sure thing. But the program also appears to be making headway in its dual objectives: raising money for critical transit projects and reducing traffic in Manhattan\u2019s central business district. According to the MTA, the zone has seen a decrease of more than 10 million vehicles since last year, while traffic delays have decreased<\/a> not just in Manhattan but in the broader region. The program is on track to bring in $500 million in its first year. There were even some signs earlier this year<\/a> that public opinion on the program was improving.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s clear Lieber\u2019s job will never be easy. The Trump administration is still fighting<\/a> congestion pricing. A potential Long Island Rail Road strike looms<\/a>. Fare hikes taking effect next year will draw more of New Yorkers\u2019 ire.<\/p>\n

But the self-described<\/a> \u201cpatron saint of challenging projects\u201d has proved doubters wrong on congestion pricing. Let\u2019s see if it continues in 2026.<\/p>\n

\u2013\u00a0Annie McDonough<\/p>\n

LOSERS<\/p>\n

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\nPeter Giunta lost his job in the wake of a group text scandal. \/\u00a0New York State Young Republicans<\/p>\n

Peter Giunta<\/p>\n

They got cooked, fr fr<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A group of Young Republicans\u2019 racist and antisemitic messages, uncovered by Politico<\/a>, had vast repercussions for the party, its affiliated organizations and the group chat participants.<\/p>\n

Former New York State Young Republicans Chair Peter Giunta, who was also Assembly Member Michael Reilly\u2019s chief of staff, played a central role in the group, sending some of the worst messages.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He made comments about sending campaign opponents to gas chambers and not trusting female pilots of color, used racial and sexual slurs, referred to Black people as monkeys and \u201cwatermelon people\u201d and proclaimed his love for Adolf Hitler.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And he wasn\u2019t the only one sending objectionable messages.<\/p>\n

Five chat members were tied to the New York State Young Republicans, including Giunta\u2019s Vice Chair Bobby Walker, who was a staffer for state Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt, and General Counsel Joseph Maligno, who worked for the New York State Unified Court System.<\/p>\n

After Politico broke the news in October that a group of Young Republican leaders from New York, Kansas, Arizona and Vermont exchanged more than 28,000 messages, there was bipartisan outrage.<\/p>\n

Giunta, Walker and Maligno lost their jobs. The New York State Young Republicans and the Kansas Young Republicans dissolved entirely because of the group chat fallout.<\/p>\n

Chat members from other states were also fired from their jobs, including one from Kansas and two from Vermont.\u00a0<\/p>\n

New York Republicans denounced the messages, including Rep. Elise Stefanik and state Republican Party Chair Ed Cox.<\/p>\n

Giunta accused Gavin Wax \u2013 a staffer in the Department of State and the former chair of the New York Young Republican Club \u2013 of being the one to leak the group chat. The drama led to Wax\u2019s resignation from the New York City-based political club shortly after the news broke.\u00a0<\/p>\n

All in all, Young Republicans across the country took a big hit this year and that can be traced back to New York members who were central to the offensive group chat, like Giunta.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Amanda Salazar<\/p>\n

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\nGeorge Gresham lost his union presidency. \/\u00a0Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

George Gresham<\/p>\n

If you come at the king, you best not miss \u2013 and they certainly didn\u2019t. After 18 years leading the powerful health care union 1199SEIU, George Gresham lost reelection<\/a> to Yvonne Armstrong, previously one of his top lieutenants.<\/p>\n

Gresham\u2019s loss followed a Politico expos\u00e9<\/a> into the union\u2019s questionable expenses, which included $60,000 for Gresham\u2019s daughter to accompany him on business trips and $50,000 to his friend Jesse Jackson. A spokesperson for 1199SEIU tried to defend the spending as necessary to fulfill the union\u2019s goals \u2013 though it was hard to see how paying tens of thousands of dollars for musicians to play in the small Virginia town where Gresham hosts his annual family reunions helped the union.<\/p>\n

Gresham\u2019s loss comes at a strange time for organized labor in New York City. The young progressive activists energized by Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani\u2019s mayoral campaign are deeply supportive of unions \u2013 but not necessarily longtime union leaders like Gresham, who have worked closely with the Democratic establishment for years. After all, Gresham pushed the union<\/a> to endorse former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral primary.<\/p>\n

The erstwhile leader of 1199SEIU was not the only New York City union leader to face a tough reelection fight this year. United Federation of Teachers President Michael Mulgrew faced his own internal rebellion from union members upset about his support for City Hall\u2019s controversial plan to switch retirees to a privately managed Medicare Advantage plan. But Mulgrew was able to quickly pivot<\/a>, dropping his support for Medicare Advantage to appease retired teachers, and he kept the UFT out of the contentious Democratic mayoral primary. It was just enough to stave off defeat by a reform slate. Gresham, though, wasn\u2019t so fortunate.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Peter Sterne<\/p>\n

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\nAndrew Cuomo suffered two electoral defeats this year. \/\u00a0Alexi J. Rosenfeld\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Andrew Cuomo<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t call it a comeback \u2026 because it wasn\u2019t. Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo may have been here for years, but it ultimately didn\u2019t amount to much after New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani pummeled him in the Democratic primary and gutted him in the general. Back in January, 2025 seemed like it would be The Year of the Cuomo. He had clearly begun laying the groundwork for a run for mayor after years of \u2013 at times \u2013 not-so-quiet plotting. In March, Cuomo officially launched his campaign as the early favorite, his universal name recognition quickly skyrocketed him to the top of the polls. He had little reason to overly concern himself with the other Democrats in the race, as institutional powers and many lawmakers who had formerly condemned him<\/a> began to coalesce around him. And Cuomo certainly had no reason to think that Mamdani, a then-33-year-old socialist Assembly member polling in the low single digits, would ever pose a threat.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The former governor hates being wrong, and Cuomo has perhaps never been more wrong than he was in his original assessment of and approach to the Democratic primary for mayor. While he largely stagnated, relying on a tired playbook, his storied name and past achievements, Mamdani\u2019s support surged. Come election night in June, the man whom Democrats once considered presidential candidate material suffered a humiliating trouncing.<\/p>\n

After the primary, Cuomo graciously stepped aside for the man chosen by the people of his party and wished him \u2013 just kidding! Can you imagine? No, Cuomo decided to run in the general election as an independent, even as most of his previous backers abandoned him. He went into full attack mode, which has historically served him well but in this instance rather highlighted all of his worst instincts for the public. The race got uglier and Cuomo found himself aligning with people spouting Islamophobic rhetoric or laughing away offensive comments about Mamdani that were made in his presence. He tried to court Republican voters away from the GOP nominee Curtis Sliwa. In the end, even President Donald Trump, the very same boogeyman Cuomo vowed to oppose, told his supporters that Cuomo was the best option of the bunch. All to still lose.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Rebecca C. Lewis<\/p>\n

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\nEric Adams will become a one-term mayor at the end of the year. \/\u00a0Michael Loccisano\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Eric Adams<\/p>\n

It was like something out of a movie: Fresh off his indictment charges being dropped, in early April, New York City Mayor Eric Adams turned back from the porch of Gracie Mansion to face a crowd of reporters as one asked if he was still planning to run for reelection. \u201cI\u2019m running for reelection,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd you know what? I\u2019m going to win.\u201d Famous last words, Mr. Mayor. Even at that point in the year, things looked pretty bleak for Adams \u2013 though to be fair, how promising can a year that began with a mystery colonoscopy<\/a> really be? Adams\u2019 remaining credibility came into question in February as Trump\u2019s Department of Justice pushed to have his federal indictment dismissed in a way that the case could be refiled. That concern led several of his deputy mayors, who helped instill a sense of stability within the administration in fall 2024, to leave City Hall early in the year. There was at one point serious discussion that Gov. Kathy Hochul might remove him from office. The case was ultimately dismissed so it could not be refiled, but as far as Adams\u2019 reputation goes, the damage was already done.<\/p>\n

He decided to run for reelection as an independent, making sure to take plenty of jabs at Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo along the way. Who can forget that time he gaslit the entire press corps into thinking that, as he called a last-minute press conference at Gracie Mansion and reporters were corralled all over the grounds, he was going to drop his reelection bid? Only to then tell everyone he had no intention of doing so and call Cuomo \u201ca snake and a liar\u201d? Good times! But those good times didn\u2019t last \u2013\u00a0Adams dropped out just weeks later. Also a good time: Cuomo put the pedal to the metal to catch the second half of the Knicks season opener after the second mayoral debate and hang out with Adams. They must have had fun, because Adams endorsed Cuomo the next day.<\/p>\n

All of this was happening, of course, as Adams moved further out of the public eye \u2013 except for more frequent appearances on Fox News<\/a>. Long gone are the days of the mayor\u2019s Off-Topic Tuesdays, and when he has had a press conference recently, he has used part of that time to lash out at his least favorite reporters. Of course, all this assumes he\u2019s in New York \u2013 or the United States \u2013 which is a big if these days. It\u2019s been real.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Sophie Krichevsky<\/p>\n

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\nDaniel Martuscello III oversaw turmoil at state prisons in 2025. \/\u00a0State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision<\/p>\n

Daniel Martuscello III<\/p>\n

\u201cNot forced to resign\u201d is a pretty low bar to clear for any official, but that\u2019s probably the best thing that happened to state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III this year. It all started Dec. 27, 2024, upon the release of gut-wrenching body camera footage showing over a dozen guards beating Robert Brooks to death at Marcy Correctional Facility. The violent killing drew widespread condemnation and calls for prison reforms.<\/p>\n

High-profile inmate deaths at the hands of guards are never what a corrections commission wants to happen, but the fallout from those incidents alone probably wouldn\u2019t have landed Martuscello on this list. Then came the multiweek wildcat strike by corrections officers across the state that began right around when the Marcy guards were charged. Thousands of guards walked off the job, leaving the prison system in shambles at a time tensions were already running high. As criminal justice advocates called for more oversight, striking guards demanded rollbacks to a landmark law that largely banned solitary confinement. With so many corrections officers refusing to work, Gov. Kathy Hochul needed to call in the National Guard to staff prisons. And it wasn\u2019t until after several negotiating false starts and unsuccessful agreements to end the strike that it finally concluded. But even then, a couple thousand officers refused the terms and wouldn\u2019t return to work, resulting in their firing. That left the already short-staffed system in even more dire straits as the National Guard continued to maintain a presence to fill the holes.<\/p>\n

That New York Focus published a massive investigation<\/a> into the Martuscello family and its longtime influence over the state\u2019s prison system at the same time all this was going on served as the icing on the cake. That Martuscello managed to keep his job through all the turmoil seems like nothing short of a miracle.<\/p>\n

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