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{{Short description|Trade union in New York}}
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{{Infobox union
|name         = COBA
|location_country= United States
|affiliation  = [[DCNY]]
|members      = 18000
|full_name    = Correction Officers' Benevolent Association
|native_name  =
|image        =
|founded      = 1901<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.causeiq.com/organizations/correction-officers-benevolent-association-incorpo,133097380/|title=Correction Officers' Benevolent Association Incorporated (COBA) &#124; East Elmhurst, NY &#124; Cause IQ profile|website=www.causeiq.com}}</ref>
|key_people   = Benny Boscio
|dissolved    =
|merged       =
|headquarters = 77-10 21st Avenue [[East Elmhurst, New York]]
|website      = http://www.cobanyc.org/
|footnotes    =
}}
The '''Correction Officers' Benevolent Association''' (COBA) is the second largest [[trade union]] for law enforcement in New York.  COBA is also the largest municipal jail union in the United States.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/norman-seabrook-president-correction-officers-benevolent-association-sentenced-58|title=Norman Seabrook, President Of Correction Officers Benevolent Association, Sentenced To 58 Months In Prison For Accepting Bribes In Exchange For Investing Union Money In New York-Based Hedge Fund|date=February 8, 2019|website=www.justice.gov}}</ref> It represents corrections staff within the [[New York City Department of Correction]] run by the [[New York City Department of Correction]]. It has a membership of 9000.
==Noteworthy Decisions ==
* COBA  was able to get personal protection equipment for their officers during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-correction-officers-union-testing-20200416-nbz3vtc2cbbfxfesnzvpqfd2na-story.html|title=Correction officers union settles suit with NYC for coronavirus testing sites, masks|first=Chelsia Rose|last=Marcius|website=nydailynews.com|date=16 April 2020 }}</ref>
* Criticized NYC Government for their reaction to COVID 19<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://laborpress.org/new-coba-president-challenges-revolving-door-justice-poor-response-to-covid-19-crisis/|title=New COBA President Challenges 'Revolving Door' Justice, Poor Response to COVID-19 Crisis – LaborPress}}</ref>
* Fought to Bar Visitors to Rikers Island during COVID 19.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/capital-region/news/2020/03/13/new-york-coronavirus-latest-impact-on-jails-coba-union-calls-for-no-visitors-jails|title=Union: NYC Jails Should be Barred to Visitors Amid Coronavirus Outbreak|website=spectrumlocalnews.com}}</ref>
* President Benny Boscio, fought to maintain [[Solitary confinement|Solitary Confinement]] and keep [[Rikers Island]] Open as a jail.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/public-safety/2020/07/31/new-leader-for-correction-officers-wants-to-keep-solitary-confinement-and-rikers|title=New Leader for Correction Officers Wants to Keep Rikers|website=www.ny1.com}}</ref>
* COBA endorsed Barack Obama for President in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://observer.com/2016/06/the-power-and-politics-of-norman-seabrooks-coba/|title=The Power and Politics of Norman Seabrook's COBA|website=[[The New York Observer]]|date=June 13, 2016}}</ref>
*Pushed through the "Feces Bill" which made it a felony to throw feces at a Corrections Officer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.innercitypress.com/sdny2normanseabrook020819.html|title=After SDNY Sentencing Norman Seabrook Tells Inner City Press YouTube is Doctored but Here It is}}</ref>
*Key in getting corrections officers attaining parity with the [[NYPD]] and the [[FDNY]] in pay and benefits.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/nyregion/seabrook-sentencing.html|title = Norman Seabrook Was Once a Union PowerBroker in New York. Now He is Going to Prison|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 8 February 2019|last1 = Weiser|first1 = Benjamin|last2 = Greenberg|first2 = Zoe}}</ref>
==Presidents==
Benny Boscio Jr. (2020 to Present)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2020/06/28/nyc-jail-officers-vote-out-acting-union-boss-after-seabrook-scandal/|title=NYC jail officers oust acting union president following Seabrook scandal|first=Carl|last=Campanile|date=June 28, 2020}}</ref>
Elias Husamudeen (ACTING PRESIDENT)(2016 to 2020)
[[Norman Seabrook]]  (1995-2016) <ref name="auto"/>
Stanley Israel  (?-1995)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2000/07/02/union-bigs-merry-widow-finds-husbands-2m-cache/|title=UNION BIG'S MERRY WIDOW FINDS HUSBAND'S $2M CACHE|first=Al|last=Guart|date=July 2, 2000}}</ref>
Phil Seelig (1979-?)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thechiefleader.com/opinion/columns/razzle_dazzle/digging-out-of-mess-in-nys-toughest-precinct/article_f6510aca-c864-11e6-948a-b35c0a7e9e21.html|title=Digging Out of Mess in NY's 'Toughest Precinct'|first=RICHARD|last=STEIER|website=The Chief}}</ref>
Donald J Cranston (1976-1977)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/timeline/html/cranston.htm|title=cranston|website=www.correctionhistory.org}}</ref>
Harold Brown (1974-?)<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/nycdoc/1973-may-coba-news/1973-may-coba-news-page-4.html|title=NYC DOC newsltr Inside Out 1982 March Page 4|website=www.correctionhistory.org}}</ref>
Congressman [[Leo Zeferetti]] (1968-1974) <ref name="auto1"/>
John A. Martine (1966)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/nycdoc/1966-feb-coba-news/1966-COBA-News-Feb-Vol-2-No-1.pdf|title=1966-COBA-News-Feb-Vol-2-No-1|website=www.correctionhistory.org}}</ref>
Stephen Hartigan<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://brooklynrail.org/2017/09/field-notes/Solidarity-Behind-Bars-NYCs-Correction-Officers-Benevolent-Association|title=Solidarity Behind Bars: NYC's Correction Officers' Benevolent Association|first=Jarrod|last=Shanahan|date=September 7, 2017|website=The Brooklyn Rail}}</ref>
==Other Leadership ==
[[Anthony S. Seminerio]]<ref>http://www.queensnewyork.com/elections/assembly/seminerio.html</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cobanyc.org/ COBA] official site.
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