Sentences with phrase «york city corrections officers»

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.

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.

«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.

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.

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.

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.

«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.

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

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.

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.

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.

«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.

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

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

If the first day of Norman Seabrook's trial on federal corruption charges was any indication, the fear and loyalty that Seabrook, the former president of New York City's correction officers» union, instilled in his members remain undiminished.

Elias started his career in 1988 as a Correction Officer with the New York City Department of Correction.

In 1995 Elias was elected as the Treasurer / Chief Financial Officer of the Correction Officers» Benevolent Association of New York City.

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.

The no - limit credit card was just one of the many gifts regularly lavished on board members of the city Correction Officers» Benevolent Association, including electronics and gift certificates, in apparent violation of New York state laws regarding public servants, board members told The Post.

Yesterday, MARK G. PETERS, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation («DOI»), announced yesterday that DOI arrested a City Department of Correction («DOC») Captain and two Correction Officers for their role in the cover - up of an inmate assault at Rikers Island.

«At a time when assaults on correction officers are rising, while punishments to assaultive inmates are declining, Mayor Bill de Blasio has left New York City for Iowa today to begin his political pursuit of winning the presidency,» said Elias Husamudeen, President of COBA.

Professional Experience New York City Department of Corrections, Correction Officer (Queens, NY) 11/2008 — Present Con Edison, General Utility Worker (Manhattan, NY) 1/2005 — 11/2008 United States Air Force National Guard, Staff Sergeant E-5 (Westhampton Beach, NY) 7/2003 — Present

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