Sentences with phrase «york city correction»

A New York City Correction Department bus entering Rikers Island.

As federal agents tell it, the kickback scheme that led to the arrest on Wednesday of Norman Seabrook, the powerful leader of the New York City correction officers» union, was hatched one night in late 2013 in a hotel room in the Dominican Republic.

Norman Seabrook, the president of the New York City correction officers» union, leaving Manhattan's Federal District Court after an appearance on Wednesday.

«He was able to stand up to the Speaker when she was trying to bully him,» said Norman Seabrook, the President of the New York City Correction Officers» Benevolent Association who officially endorsed Mr. Vallone today.

Flanked by a host of uptown elected officials that included Assemblymember Gabriela Rosa, Councilmembers Ydanis Rodríguez and Mark Levine, as well as Harlem political activist Vincent Morgan and New York City Correction Officers» Benevolent Association President Norman Seabrook, 70th Assembly District Leader Marisol Alcantara, and placard - bearing residents, Espaillat expounded on the importance of unity.

William Clemons, right, chief of the New York City Correction Department, with Joseph Ponte, the correction commissioner, at a meeting in July.

In a major shake - up at the New York City Correction Department, three high - ranking officials, including the top uniformed officer, are stepping down amid mounting criticism over the handling of violence and corruption at Rikers Island.

Norman Seabrook, president of the New York City Correction Officers» Benevolent Association, called for an automatic seven - year jail term for anyone caught with an illegall firearm.

Platinum Partners is considering buying out a $ 20 million investment from the New York City correction officers» union, weeks after a former executive at the hedge fund and the union's ex-president were charged in an alleged bribery scheme.

Danielle Leigh reports on two New York City correction officers speaking out about recent Rikers attacks.

«I will not sit by and watch another member of New York's Boldest or any other New Yorker become yet another fatal statistic», said Norman Seabrook, President of New York City Correction Officers Benevolent Association.

Norman Seabrook, president of the New York City Correction Officers» Benevolent Association, applauded Stringer's focus on strengthening the middle class, and said he was taken by his message.

At 6:30 p.m., the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock holds vigil for New Yorkers in solitary confinement and hosts an opening of «Behind These Prison Walls,» an exhibit by photographer and former New York City Correction Officer Lorenzo Steele, Jr., UUCSR, 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset.

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick visited a Rikers Island jail for a surprise visit with inmates, drawing immediate rebuke from the union representing New York City correction officers, which promptly yanked its sponsorship of a Christmas tree lighting celebration.

«You're putting that jail in the south Bronx across that bridge right here or you're putting it down the street on 125th Street somewhere or you're putting it in Bedford Stuyvesant or you're putting it in Red Hook,» said Norman Seabrook, president of the New York City Correction Officer's Benevolent Association.

The state Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association slammed Cuomo's plan to make it easier to fire state corrections officers, criticizing its announcement less than two days after the savage beating of a New York City correction officer.

Despite repeated promises by the New York City Correction Department to tighten security at Rikers Island, an investigator posing as a guard last month was able to smuggle in heroin, pills, marijuana, vodka and a razor blade, a city inquiry found.

If the numbers hold, Toulon, a former deputy New York City corrections commissioner, will become Suffolk's first African - American countywide elected official.

The embattled New York City corrections chief Joseph Ponte is stepping down under withering criticism from officials, sources tell NY1.

The 34 - year - old de Blasio donor - turned - felon was testifying in the ongoing trial for Norman Seabrook, the once - powerful head of the New York City corrections officers union.

Not exact matches

The New York City Department of Investigation disclosed last fall that their supervisors urged pregnant women correction officers in New York City — mostly minority women — to obtain abortions («Women Given Cruelest Choice Now Fight Back,» New York Times, Oct. 21, 1989) The lower levels of the criminal justice system receive little funding, and New York City prisons are crowded.

There would, however, be a separate bill in which Cuomo seeks an agreement to allow some police officers, firefighters and members of the New York City Employees» Retirement System, which includes corrections officers, to qualify for enhanced accidental disability pension benefits, according to an anonymous administration official who spoke to the New York Times.

Wiscasset, Maine, the former home of New York City's correction commissioner, Joseph Ponte, was a frequent destination in his city - issued vehicle, investigators foCity's correction commissioner, Joseph Ponte, was a frequent destination in his city - issued vehicle, investigators focity - issued vehicle, investigators found.

The jail complex on Rikers Island has failed to comply with minimum safety standards and has become so dangerous, according to the state Commission on Correction, that it can no longer be permitted to accept inmate transfers from outside New York City.

New York City has agreed to pay about $ 1.2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by two women who claimed they had been repeatedly raped and sexually abused by the same correction officer at Rikers Island, a Law Department spokesman said.

Makes all New York City police officers, firefighters, housing police, transit police, correction officers, and all surviving spouses eligible for variable supplements fund, regardless of number of years of service.

Having served 25 years in two stints with New York City's Department of Correction, the last three years as deputy commissioner of operations before his resignation in January, Toulon at least has paper credentials.

Democratic sheriff's candidate Errol Toulon Jr., New York City's former deputy correction commissioner, who only entered the contest last month, has raised $ 43,831 and spent $ 25,189, campaign reports showed.

Toulon, a former New York City deputy corrections commissioner, becomes Long Island's first African American nonjudicial countywide elected official, political observers said.

He served two stints with the New York City Department of Correction, the first 22 years as a corrections officer, retiring as captain, and the last three years as deputy commissioner of operations before resigning in January.

City officials are authorizing new safety measures and equipment use at the Rikers Island jail, including taser guns for corrections officers, multiple sources confirmed to POLITICO New York.

But by Wednesday afternoon a sign reading «City of New York Department of Correction Training Academy Annex» was hanging on the Kew Gardens building.

Lawrence M. Zacarese, an assistant chief of the Stony Brook University police, and Errol Toulon Jr., a former New York City deputy corrections commissioner, are vying for the position in what has shaped up to be one of the most lively county races...

Lawrence M. Zacarese, an assistant chief of the Stony Brook University police, and Errol Toulon Jr., a former New York City deputy corrections commissioner, are vying for the position in what has shaped up to be one of the most lively county races of the year.

Michael Jacobson served as commissioner of New York City's corrections system under Mayor Giuliani and is now a CUNY professor.

The commissioner of New York City's Correction Department, Joseph Ponte, center, leaving City Hall after testifying before City Council members on Monday.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara did not talk about (and was not asked about) Cuomo's latest efforts during an afternoon news conference to announce charges against the longtime leader of New York City's union of corrections officers.

O'Donnell, a former public defense attorney, who often visited clients in New York City's jails, also in the letter expressed concern that the newest corrections officers are placed on the 3 to 11 PM shift, when most of an unusually high number of incidents involving assaults occur.

The commissioner of New York City's Correction Department, Joseph Ponte, removed his agency's head of internal affairs on Monday and placed him on modified duty, a spokesman for Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

After a lengthy call - and - response, the newest employees of the New York City Department of Correction were asked one final question:

He is running against Errol Toulon, a former captain for the New York City Department of Correction.

«I'm for a better correction system for the city of New York.

This suit seeks to remedy the violations that occurred at Pan American and ensure that the New York City Department of Education protects its employees» civil rights in the future,» Bharara said in announcing the lawsuit, which came a day after his office charged the city's Correction Union President Norman Seabrook with fraud and corruptCity Department of Education protects its employees» civil rights in the future,» Bharara said in announcing the lawsuit, which came a day after his office charged the city's Correction Union President Norman Seabrook with fraud and corruptcity's Correction Union President Norman Seabrook with fraud and corruption.

At 9 a.m., before a 10 a.m. joint hearing where members of the NYC Council's Committee on Fire and Criminal Justice Services and Committee on Health will receive testimony about health care in city jails, New York City Jails Action Coalition supporters and people who received medical treatment while in jail or prison will hold a news conference to criticize Brentwood, Tennessee, subcontractor Corizon Health Inc. and the city Department of Correction, City Hall steps, Manhatcity jails, New York City Jails Action Coalition supporters and people who received medical treatment while in jail or prison will hold a news conference to criticize Brentwood, Tennessee, subcontractor Corizon Health Inc. and the city Department of Correction, City Hall steps, ManhatCity Jails Action Coalition supporters and people who received medical treatment while in jail or prison will hold a news conference to criticize Brentwood, Tennessee, subcontractor Corizon Health Inc. and the city Department of Correction, City Hall steps, Manhatcity Department of Correction, City Hall steps, ManhatCity Hall steps, Manhattan.

The embattled hedge fund holding a $ 20 million investment from New York City's correction officers» union that is the subject of the arrest of the union's former president Norman Seabrook has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection.

A controversial former corrections official from Washington may be put at the helm of overseeing New York City's jails.

As Gov. Andrew Cuomo signals he's supportive of closing down Rikers Island in favor of a more modern and smaller jail in New York City, the Correction Officers» Benevolent Association is glad the talk is focusing in part on safety of the guards.

On a rainy afternoon at the Rikers Island Jail Complex in New York City this week, five men and one woman wearing tan uniforms sat in front of chess boards surrounded by an audience of correction officers and fellow inmates.

Schriro has been commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction since September of 2009, and previously served as a special adviser to former U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on immigration and customs enforcement.

New York City Councilman Daniel Dromm sponsored a recently passed bill requiring corrections officials to report detailed data about who is held in solitary, why and for how long, after officials refused to provide him with data he requested.