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

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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.

April 20, 2020

Statement from COBA President Elias Husamudeen on The Passing of Correction O cer Maurice Lacey

April 20, 2020

COBA President Elias Husamudeen’s Response to the DOC Giving 30,000 of its Masks to the FDNY: Commissioner Brann Has Failed Us Again!

April 16, 2020

City of New York Settles Lawsuit Brought By COBA, Agrees to COBA's Demands to Enhance the Safety of NYC Correction Officers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 09, 2020

COBA'S LEGAL ACTION FORCES NYC DOC TO PROVIDE COVID-19 TESTING SITES FOR EVERY NYC CORRECTION OFFICER

April 04, 2020

CORRECTION OFFICERS WITH MASKS, TAKE THEIR TEMPERATURES BEFORE TOURS, AND SANITIZE THE JAILS

March 27, 2020

Statement from COBA President Elias Husamudeen on the Passing of Correction Officer Quinsey Simpson, The First Correction Officer, to Die from COVID-19

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