Yes, we're talking about the same proposal. It doesn't mean for-profit prisons. There will remain no for-profit prisons in New York.

Anyway, I don't see any critique in that article. It only says that it doesn't work out so well in other states because the companies don't offer much in the way of worker protections. New York has much stronger worker protection laws than many other states, so it's likely things will be different here.