Progress Report
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  • Obtained 20-Year Stop Pay Bill ending requirement that Correction Officers continue making pension contributions after 20 years on the job
  • Obtained Anti-Privatization bill prohibiting the privatization of New York City jails
  • Obtained Full Salary for Survivors Bill for Correction Officers and their families
  • Obtained Variable Supplement Fund
  • Obtained Vehicle Accident Privacy Bill for Correction Officers
  • Obtained Heart Bill for Correction Officers
  • Obtained 3/4 Disability Bill for Correction Officers
  • Obtained 20-Year Pension Buyback Bill for Correction Officers
  • Obtained COLA for retired Correction Officers
  • Obtained the William Wilson Bill
  • Obtained the Feces Bill
  • Obtained the City Time Buyback Bill
  • Obtained the Military Buyback Bill
  • Successfully backed Mayoral candidate Michael Bloomberg
  • Successfully backed Gubernatorial candidate George E. Pataki
  • Created a Scholarship Fund for the children of Correction Officers that has awarded over $300,000 in scholarships since its inception in 1995.
  • For first time ever, gave scholarship awards to single-parent Correction Officers attending college
  • Created a Widows and Children's Fund for the widows and children of Correction Officers
  • Created a computerized telephone bank for use in city and state elections
  • Held first-ever Family Day outing at Rye Playland
  • Appointed Borough Trustees for COBA to assist Correction Officers who are hospitalized or arrested
  • Created a twenty-four-hour hotline for Correction Officers
  • Provided Delegates with pagers
  • Increased number of Delegates
  • Sent Delegates to labor classes at John Jay College
  • Established monthly labor-management meetings with the Department
  • Fought successfully for the hiring of more than 3500 additional Correction Officers
  • Negotiated best contracts
  • Resolved more grievances
  • Increased Life Insurance from $50,000 to $125,000 for Correction Officers
  • Increased Life Insurance for Correction Officers' spouses and children
  • Acknowledged domestic partners
  • Provided coverage for domestic partners
  • Issued Optical Vouchers to Correction Officers
  • Reduced the Retiree Prescription Card co-payment
  • Wrote and distributed benefits booklets
  • Increased number of paid, full-time benefit and support staff members and improved benefit and support services
  • Increased legal services offered simultaneously
  • Provided representation at OATH
  • Provided representation at Firearms Review Board meetings
  • Provided legal representation of spouses and dependents through arraignment if accused of crimes
  • Reduced the number of suspensions and terminations
  • Computerized the COBA office
  • Established full-time, paid Retiree/Disability Department
  • Provided retirement and disability counseling free of charge
  • Established Retiree Liaison
  • Established Retiree 800 number
  • Distributed Prescription Cards to Active and Retired Correction Officers
  • Established "CO Shot" program that offers rewards for the shooters of Correction Officers
  • Awarded medals for Outstanding Correction Officers on Medal Day
  • Gave awards to valedictorian at Correction Academy Graduation Ceremony
  • Sent Disaster Relief Teams to Haiti, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and the Gulf Coast (Hurricane Katrina)
  • Provided Pension Seminars
  • Provided Retiree Seminars
  • Provided Delegate Seminars
  • Offered Correction Officers free checking, direct deposit, and low-rate credit cards at the Bank of New York and at Fleet Bank
  • Created a COBA website
  • Established positive public relations campaign
  • Published newsletter
  • For first time, successfully suggested the renaming of a Department building after a living Correction Officer (Samuel Perry Control Center)
  • Successfully suggested the renaming of a Department of Correction Patrol Boat after deceased Correction Officer Guy Hudson
  • For first time ever, aired advertisements supporting Correction Officers on radio stations throughout the city
  • Put up billboard supporting Correction officers for first time ever
  • Installed ATM on Rikers Island for first time ever
  • Obtained Legislation Eliminating the Wheel
  • Obtained Legislation Assisting Disabled COs Who Worked at Ground Zero
  • Obtained Child Care Leave Service Credit
  • Obtained Service Credit for Laid Off Officers (2003)