CORRECTION UNION SUES CITY OVER ‘UNSAFE’ CONDITIONS AS DOC CHIEF RELEASES PLAN TO ADDRESS COMPLAINTS
The city’s jail officers union sued the Department of Correction this week, alleging that officers are being forced to work in “unsafe and unhealthy working conditions,” including 20-plus hour shifts and failing to provide adequate protective gear at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The suit comes as the department faces considerable scrutiny over inmate […]
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N.Y.C. JAIL OFFICERS SUE OVER WORKING CONDITIONS: ‘IT WAS HELL’
One correction officer waited 90 minutes to receive medical attention after his appendix burst, passing out three times because of the pain. Another spent hours “in a wet uniform and in pain” when denied the opportunity to pump breast milk. Others said they regularly worked 20-hour shifts without bathroom breaks or access to food and […]
BENNY BOSCIO – OVERWORKED, UNDER-PROTECTED, DANGEROUS FOR OFFICERS AND INMATES.
NYC CORRECTIONS UNION LEADER SUES FOR ‘INHUMANE TREATMENT’ OF OFFICERS
Saying New York City “has gone to shame,” the president of the NYC Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association is suing for “inhumane treatment,” noting corrections officers are fleeing “deplorable conditions” to work for the NYPD. “We’re having the roughest time in my 22-year career ever,” Benny Boscio told Sunday’s “The Cats Roundtable” on WABC 770 AM-N.Y. “Officers are […]
JAIL OFFICERS UNION FILES SUIT AGAINST DOC
A union representing the city’s jail officers filed a lawsuit against the Department of Corrections and Department of Labor on Friday over what they say are unsafe and hostile work conditions. The Correctional Officers Benevolent Association filed the lawsuit in Queens Supreme Court and accused the city agencies of denying officers meal and bathroom breaks, […]
DE BLASIO SAYS VACCINE REMAINS MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO BEAT BACK PANDEMIC
As the COVID-19 delta variant continues to push positivity rates up across the five boroughs (link to vic’s article), Mayor Bill de Blasio on Monday night remained steadfast on not reimposing restrictions. To that point, the mayor said his administration does not currently have an internal case count threshold where they would consider reimplementing restrictions, arguing […]
NYC CORRECTION OFFICERS UNION SUES CITY OVER HOSTILE, ‘INHUMANE’ CONDITIONS IN JAILS; DOC COMMISH ANNOUNCES RECOVERY PLAN
Triple shifts amid a growing jail population contribute to “inhumane conditions’ faced by city Department of Correction employees, the union that represents correction officers alleged in a lawsuit Friday. The Correction Benevolent Officers’ Association suit in Queens Supreme Court claims the Department of Correction is breaking state law by allowing the workplace woes to to […]
ADAMS SHOULD REVERSE COURSE ON RIKERS
If the next mayor of New York City is really serious about reducing crime, he must keep Rikers Island open and rebuild the jails there. The city’s current plan to close Rikers involves the building of four skyscraper jails in four boroughs, housing a maximum of just 3,300 inmates. This isn’t nearly an adequate number to […]