Kaepernick's presence Tuesday at Rikers drew an immediate rebuke from the union
representing city correction officers.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
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.
Seabrook
represents approximately 10,000
city correction officers.
Councilman Joseph Borelli, who
represents Rossville, where the
city examined the idea of jail site on a tract of land owned by the Department of
Correction along the Arthur Kill, is also against the idea.