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It's Time To Take Back Our Jails

February 19, 2020
I am excited and proud to officially announce my candidacy for COBA President! There is so much more to Correction Officers than our uniform and shield. I look forward to representing our union with integrity and transparency – because you deserve a President who will fight for the dignity and respect you are entitled to. What issues am...

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Figures Don’t Lie But Lies Figure

January 29, 2020
The easiest way to explain the 36 month contract is as follows: let’s break it up as if there were three one year deals with the exact same terms. In other words, after three years we would be in the exact same position we are with the current proposed contract. 1. In the first one year deal, the city agrees to pay us a 2.25% increase - an...

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Joey Jackson Endorses Benny Boscio for 2020 COBA President

January 28, 2020
Joey Jackson – a legal analyst for CNN and HLN, and the Principal Partner of The J. JACKSON FIRM, PLLC., has officially endorsed Benny Boscio in his run for 2020 COBA President. In a social post shared on Jackson’s social accounts (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn & Twitter) on 1.28.20 Jackson states “Having fought for JUSTICE for Correctio...

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Boscio to run for COBA president

January 21, 2020
Failure of current leadership to secure contract angers dozens of delegates; Boscio steps up Rikers Island, New York, January 21, 2020 – Today, Benny Boscio of Bronx, NY, a twenty-one-year veteran of the New York City Department of Correction, announced that he will run for President of the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Associatio...

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