Antoinette Anderson

3rd Vice President

Antoinette Anderson

ABOUT Antoinette Anderson

Antoinette Anderson has been a Correction Officer for fourteen years, having started her career in 2006 as a Correction Officer at Anna M. Kross Center. At AMKC she worked in Quad Lower 6 & 8 for eight years, in the Administrative Segregation and Bing Housing Area.

Antoinette is committed to building her education and expertise. She graduated in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. In 2015, she received her second Bachelor of Arts, in Criminology with a minor in Correctional Studies, also from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. In 2018 she received an Advanced Certification in Criminal Investigations, and in 2020 she received an Advanced Certification in Victimology, both from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She is currently enrolled in the Graduate program for Criminal Justice, and is also working towards an Advanced Certificate in Police Studies.

From 2014 through 2019 Antoinette served as a board member of the New York City Correction Guardians Association. She started out as a Second Business Manager assisting Sean Jones, and ended her turn as Treasurer in 2019.

In 2016, Antoinette was elected to be a COBA delegate for AMKC, until being elected as the Corresponding Secretary in 2020. During this time, she has assisted many officers in various traumatic situations, from visiting officers while they have been sick in the hospital, to sitting with officers while they were arrested and arraigned in court. She has also conducted hearings with Administrative Deputy Wardens, advocated for officers to receive the days off not being granted to them, enforced rules and regulations to be followed properly, and pushed to reduce discipline for minor infractions.

JAILS SUPERVISION

Laron Mckoy

Aicia Haynes

Lamont Lowery

Alan Schmalacker

Shawn Hardy

James Stanton

Kazi Hasan

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Glenn Morgan
1st Vice President
Herman Jiminian
2nd Vice President
Antoinette Anderson
3rd Vice President
Angel Castro
Treasurer
Daniel Monaco
Legislative Chairman
Lionel Cumberbatch
Financial Secretary
Kamaal Moore
Corresponding Secretary
Neil Renois
Recording Secretary
Edward Yates
Sergeant-At-Arms
Rodney McQueen
First City Wide Trustee
Christopher Cruz
Brooklyn Borough Trustee
Vanessa Quinones
Bronx Borough Trustee
Lateesha Harris
Manhattan Borough Trustee
Derrick Lascko
Queens Borough Trustee

LETTER FROM BENNY BOSCIO
President

Welcome to the official website of The Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association (COBA). COBA is the second-largest law enforcement union in the City of New York. Our members are New York City Correction Officers, also known as New York City’s Boldest, who supervise the second-largest municipal jail system in the nation. COBA is committed to advocating for safer working conditions, wage increases, and excellent benefits for all our members.

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STATEMENT FROM COBA PRESIDENT BENNY BOSCIO ON THE FEDERAL MONITOR'S SPECIAL REPORT RELEASED ON MAY 26, 2023

“After being appointed nearly 8 yrs ago and receiving some $20 million in consulting fees by NYC taxpayers, the latest Federal Monitor’s biased and one-sided “special report” is no different than the nearly 36 reports that came before it.

If the Monitor is interested in cherry picking data in a two week period, why then does he exclude the brazen assaults on our officers committed by repeat violent offenders in that same period? Or why does he exclude the numbers of inmates whose lives have been saved thanks to Correction Officers? The reality is that the Federal Monitor and his team have strayed very far from their original mission and this new report conveniently excludes key data showing any progress that is being made to combat jail violence, which is largely the result of the dedication and hard work of our officers serving on the frontlines.

These reports now serve only to provide politically-driven talking points for the City Council and the Board of Correction so they can continue to second guess and scapegoat our members, instead of providing oversight over the monitoring team and asking them what have they really accomplished in eight years to make our jails safer? It’s time for the Monitoring team to go!’

Benny Boscio
COBA President