COBA News April 2019
- President’s Message p.3
- Finally! RNDC set to receive 250 new Secure Wedge door locks P.4
- A Victory for Safer Jails! p.5
- Improper practice wins strengthen COBA’s Leverage by increasing the city’s obligation in good faith P.5
- Fighting to Protect Our Peace Officer Rights p.6
- Writing the Use of Force or Use of Force Witness Report p.7
- $12,000 Payouts from COBA’S variable SUPPLEMENT FUND Guaranteed this year and Beyond! p.8
- Justice for Correction Officers p.9
- Above and AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY p.11
- COBA successfully recovers $7 MILLION from a former hedge fund executive who defrauded our Union p.12
- COBA’s Workers Compensation Attorneys Win Big for Correction Officers Injured at Work p.12
- Recent Successful Personal Injury Cases Won on Behalf of Correction Officers and Their Families p.12
- COBA’s Attorneys WIN BIG at OATH p.13
- In Memoriam P.14
The Fight for Safer Jails Continues!
- President’s Message
- The Janus V. Afscme
- State Created Danger
- Grievances
- Improper Practices
- COBA Continues To Win At Oath
- How Raise The Age Will Impact Correction Officers
- COBA Files Lawsuit
- City Council Hearings
- COBA Fights For Body Scanners
- What Is The Union Doing For Me?
- Supplemental Benefits
- COBA Calls For Disciplinary
- Sanctions On Inmate Privileges
- Restoration Of Punitive Segregation
- Inmates Who Assault Correction Officers
Progress Report 2017 - August
- COBA's New Benefits
- Membership Services
- Legal Action
- Political Advocacy
- Public Relations
Safer Jails Matter! 2017 - April
- President's Message
- COBA Breaking News
- The Nunez Settlement
- COBA's Health Corner
- Constitutional Convention
- 2017 Legislative Agenda
- Important Message for all Tier VI Members
- Boldest Sport Programs
- Emergency Service Unit
Happy Holidays! 2016 - December
- President's Message
- Special Legislative Report
- COBA in the News
- Uniform Allowance & Holiday Check
- Have You Reviewed your Designated Beneficiaries?
- Treasurer's Report
- COBA Store
- The VSF: Setting the Record Straight
- Spotlight on Everyday Heroes
- The 2016 COBA/Carl Rachlin Scholarship Winners
- Widows' & Children's Fund Awards Dinner Raises Over $120,000
- The Grievance Corner
- What Every CO Should Know About Overtime
- Grief & Mourning
- Your Truth, My Truth, & Nothing But the Truth
- COBA Mail Box
- Dangerous Staffing Levels
- Judgemental Shooting
- Trusting the Three "C"s
The New Correction Officer 2015 - May
- The Road to Reformon Rikers
- An Injury to One is an Injury to ALL
- The Fight for Control of NYC Jails Continues
- All About Your New Prescription Coverage
- COBA Scholarship Winners
- COBA Welcomes 144 New Officers
- What is the Annuity Fund
- When You Support The COBA Store
- The New Correction Officer 2015
- COBA’s Widows’ & Children’s Fund
- Change Starts with You
- Domestic Violence and Abuse
Rikers Island Theater of the Absurd 2014 - July
- Our Professionalism is Under Attack
- The Battle for Control of the City Jails
- What’s the Union Doing for Me
- San Francisco Jails vs New York City Jails
- Treasurer’s Report
- The COBA Store
- COBA’s Rikers Island Bill
- COBA 2014 Family Day
- Riker s Island Theater of the Absurd
- Major COBA Victories & Personal Protective Equipment
- Support Families of Your Brothers & Sisters
- Writing Use of Force Reports