Gov. Kathy Hochul is trying to water down legislation that would bolster oversight of New York's corrections system, advocates said, just as three correction officers stand trial for the beating death of a prisoner.

Hochul, a Democrat, has been negotiating with state lawmakers to change several provisions of an omnibus bill passed in June, state officials said. Former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who has been briefed on the talks, said the governor wants to amend proposed changes to the Commission on Correction, a state watchdog.

“What we're struggling over right now is trying to get the governor to sign it without amending us to death,” said Schneiderman, a leader of the End Prison Violence campaign.

The negotiations are unfolding as three former guards at the Marcy Correction

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