Sentences with phrase «city correction»

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.
«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.
With brutality by guards at the Rikers Island jail complex rising at an alarming rate, the chief investigator for the New York City Correction Department stood before a roomful of senior officers and union leaders in the summer of 2012 and outlined her plans to crack down on abuse and send more cases to prosecutors.
A Manhattan federal judge shot down an attempt by former city correction officers union chief Norman Seabrook to dismiss the corruption case against him.
If the numbers hold, Toulon, a former deputy New York City corrections commissioner, will become Suffolk's first African - American countywide elected official.
Kaepernick's presence Tuesday at Rikers drew an immediate rebuke from the union representing city correction officers.
The embattled New York City corrections chief Joseph Ponte is stepping down under withering criticism from officials, sources tell NY1.
Former city Correction Commissioner Martin Horn has, like Mark - Viverito, championed proposals to drive down Rikers» population by diverting the mentally ill and expediting court cases to speed pretrial detainees through the criminal justice process.
A judge is deciding whether or not Norman Seabrook, the incumbent city correction officers union president, can be opposed by his rival.
Ms. Harris, a retired city corrections officer and longtime youth group leader, defeated Ms. Regina - Potter by roughly 1,500 votes in a hard - fought contest for the seat covering Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach, Brighton Beach, Coney Island and Seagate, according to unofficial Board of Elections results.
They were among 106 alleged scammers arrested in a $ 400 million Social Security rip - off — one of the largest in history — that also included city Correction officers and a former Nassau County cop.
RIKERS ISLAND — Sex among city correction officers is «rampant» on Rikers Island — and it happens during work hours, a new lawsuit charges.
But he took out Norman Seabrook, president of the powerful city correction officers» union, a handful of top NYPD brass and a top de Blasio money man, and a raft of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's most important aides and campaign donors.
A New York City Correction Department bus entering Rikers Island.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A Staten Island police officer's role in the pay - to - play allegations plaguing the de Blasio administration was highlighted during a federal bribery trial of former city correction union boss Norman Seabrook this week.
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The former city correction commissioner who lost his job for spending too much time out of town, now wants payment for unused vacation days.
His presence Tuesday at Rikers drew an immediate rebuke from the union representing city correction officers, which promptly yanked its sponsorship of a Christmas tree lighting celebration.
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.
A violent gang of six inmates left a New York City correction officer with a fractured spine after a premeditated beatdown at the George Motchan Detention Center on Rikers Island, in the specialized unit for younger inmates who act out.
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.
A federal grand jury in Manhattan late Thursday returned expected corruption indictments against New York City correction union boss Norman Seabrook and two NYPD officials, who were the subject of criminal complaints last month.
Norman Seabrook, president of the New York City Correction Officers» Benevolent Association, in 2014.
Federal agents also have been investigating financial transactions between a real estate company controlled by Rechnitz and the union that represents 9,000 city correction officers, according to a copy of a federal subpoena issued last year and reviewed by the AP.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials asked the city Correction Department to detain 944 inmates in city jails between October 2014 and September 2015.
The zeroing out of funds in the Council's discretionary budget for fiscal 2017 follows last week's arrest of Simon Wiesenthal Center board member Murray Huberfeld, who was accused of paying a bribe to land a $ 20 million investment from the city correction officers» union for his hedge fund.
Communication between ICE and the city Correction Department has been hampered under the new system.
Sources and records show Rechnitz became a cooperating witness for the feds after he was snared in yet another bribery case involving Norman Seabrook, the head of the city Correction Officers union, who allegedly received $ 65,000 in bribes in exchange for funneling $ 20 million in union funds into a hedge fund operated by a friend of Rechnitz's, according to sources and court documents.
Leadership elections in the city correction officers union will be delayed at least a week until a Manhattan judge can decide if the embattled incumbent president, Norman Seabrook, will be opposed by rival William Valentin.
The union representing state correctional officers slammed Gov. Cuomo's plan to make it easier to fire guards, criticizing its announcement less than two days after the savage beating of a 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.
Hedge fund Platinum Partners is considering buying out a $ 20 million investment by the New York City correction officers» union that has landed both parties in legal trouble.
Rechnitz also is cooperating in a separate bribery case against former city correction union chief Norman Seabrook after pleading guilty to a conspiracy charge.
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.
His office, for example, has prosecuted top police officials in New York and the powerful leader of the city correction officers» union; they have pleaded not guilty.
The longtime head of the city correction officers union was ousted Thursday, a day after the feds arrested him on charges he took a $ 60,000 kickback — with the promise of more — to steer $ 20 million in pension money to a risky hedge fund.
In testimony at the federal bribery trial of former city correction union boss Norman Seabrook, Rechnitz told how he bought the key to the city for some $ 160,000 in donations to de Blasio and the state Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, plus tens of thousands of dollars more in gifts to NYPD brass.
Norman Seabrook — the disgraced former president of the city corrections officers» union who skated on criminal bribery charges in a mistrial last month — just scored another win Monday...
Norman Seabrook — the disgraced former president of the city corrections officers» union who skated on criminal bribery charges in a mistrial last month — just scored another win Monday when a Manhattan federal judge tossed the related civil suit against him.
The longtime head of the city correction officers union steered $ 20 million in funds into a risky hedge fund in exchange for a $ 60,000 cash kickback that was stuffed into a brand - new Salvatore Ferragamo bag, the feds charged on Wednesday.
We have an unprecedented security crisis facing New York City Correction Officers on Rikers Island, the threats on their lives have never been greater and when we need protection.
And one of the businessmen implicated in the NYPD scandal is already cooperating with the FBI after he was snared in a bribery scheme involving Norman Seabrook, the now - former president of the city correction officers» union who received $ 65,000 for channeling $ 20 million in union money into a hedge fund run by a friend.
Danielle Leigh reports on two New York City correction officers speaking out about recent Rikers attacks.
The corruption trial of the former president of the New York City correction officers» union, Norman Seabrook, begins today in Federal District Court in Manhattan.
A federal grand jury in Manhattan late yesterday returned expected corruption indictments against New York City correction union boss Norman Seabrook and two NYPD officials, who were the subject of criminal complaints last month.
Seabrook represents approximately 10,000 city correction officers.
City Correction Officers Benevolent Association president Norman Seabrook countered afterward: «That's not a dream; that's a fantasy.
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.

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