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First Personal Injury Lawsuit Filed By NYC Correction Officers Against One of NYC’s Most Violent Inmates

For Immediate Release

Statement from COBA President Elias Husamudeen Regarding the First Personal Injury Lawsuit Filed By NYC Correction Officers Against One of NYC’s Most Violent Inmates

Child rapist attacks mental health worker at Rikers

A child rapist allegedly attacked a female clinician at Rikers Island on Wednesday — one year after he attempted to rape a female corrections officer, sources said. Raleek Young — who was convicted in 2007 of raping a 13-year-old girl — was choking the mental-health worker when two correction’s officers intervened, law-enforcement sources said. He then attacked the officers until he was subdued.

De Blasio Says Idea of Closing Rikers Jail Complex Is Unrealistic

It began as a “dream” on Thursday, in a speech by the New York City Council speaker: closing the Rikers Island jail complex.

May 25, 2017

COBA President Elias Husamudeen Calls On Mayor de Blasio to Appoint the Next DOC Commissioner With Someone Who Has Extensive Experience in Managing Jails, Not Prisons

May 17, 2017

INMATE INDICTED FOR ASSAULTING NYC CORRECTION OFFICER, BREAKING HIS JAW AND CAUSING LIFE-ALTERING INJURY

April 28, 2017

Statement from COBA President Elias Husamudeen Regarding The DOI Report Released Today on DOC Commissioner Joseph Ponte and his Senior Aides

April 11, 2017

COBA PRESIDENT ELIAS HUSAMUDEEN BLASTS MAYOR BILL de BLASIO AND DOC COMMISSIONER JOE PONTE AFTER A CORRECTION OFFICER SUSTAINS BROKEN JAW FROM UNPROVOKED INMATE ASSAULT ON RIKERS ISLAND TODAY

April 03, 2017

The Correction Officers' Benevolent Association, Along with the Correction Captains Association, and the Assistant Deputy Wardens/Deputy Wardens Association to hold a press Conference in response to the Lippman Commission's Report

March 24, 2017

Bronx Supreme Court Justice Steven Barrett orders Steven Sidbury, one fo Rikers Island's most dangerous inmates, to an indefinite jail lockdown