WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (WENY) -- The Schuyler County Legislature tabled a resolution Monday that would have allowed the county to sue New York State over the Executive Order that banned fired striking Corrections Officers from seeking other state employment.

Governor Kathy Hochul's order also barred around 2,000 fired officers from being hired into any local positions, citing New York's Taylor Law, that prohibits public employees from striking.

According to the county, officials received additional clarification from the state in which the ban for county and local governments to hire fired striking officers is only in effect until April 9.

“That means any local government, including Schuyler County will be able to hire any terminated correction officer any time on or after April 10,” said Steven Getman, Schuyler County District Attorney.

If that aspect of the Executive Order expires, Schuyler County will receive much of the relief it was planning to sue for, according to the DA.

However, if New York extends the order, the county retains their right to vote to authorize a lawsuit.

"If the order is not rescinded, I will ask the legislature to move forward to protect our ability to staff our jail with experienced personnel and to stand against unconstitutional overreach," said Schuyler County Sheriff Kevin Rumsey.

Schuyler County was considering legal action as it wanted to hire former and current guards for positions at the County Correctional Facility and 911 Dispatch Center. Officials argues that hiring the former CO's would save them in additional expenses like training costs.

However, interested counties may have to retrain the officers anyway. Another aspect of the state's executive order requires that terminated CO's have their peace officer training certificates decertified, according to a letter the New York State Division of Homeland Security sent to the New York State Association of Counties.

“If she decides to push the issue of having them all decertified, counties will have to spend the time and money to ‘re-train’ these DOCCS CO's, which many of them have some considerable time on the job,” Rumsey said.  “It would be a cost benefit to have them lateral rather than to have to send them through another academy.”

As multiple counties across New York push to hire fired CO's, New York State is urging restraint. In the letter sent to all counties, New York argued that the fired officers willfully disregarded their responsibilities, and asked counties to appropriately screen the CO's, given the reason for their termination.