The Nassau County Correction Officers Benevolent Association is proud to announce the passage of a new law protecting the medical benefits of our Member Military Veterans who choose to buy back their military time for service credit towards their New York State Pensions. Previously...

April 1, 2019

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of little Lionheart Luis Mendez, son of Correction Officer Lou Mendez. Words cannot express the overwhelming grief that we all feel at the loss of this young innocent child of one of our own. Little Lionheart Lou...

March 26, 2019

Dear COBA Members; COBA and our Downstate Correction Coalition partners have scored a major win with regard to Governor Cuomo's proposed budget amendment that would affect every Peace Officer in NYS. As you all should know, Correction Officers in NYS have Peace Officer...

March 13, 2019

COBA has scored another victory at PERB. As a longtime past practice, COBA members working in the Transportation Unit had obtained a Commercial Driver's License (CDL) as a part of their employment in that unit, to the benefit of the Department. In exchange, the Department has routinely...

March 8, 2019

Dear Members; COBA's foremost concern is the safety of our Members who perform one of the toughest jobs in Law Enforcement every day. As such we point to recent stories of Gang threats against NYPD Officers allegedly emanating out of Suffolk County. These alleged threats have...

March 4, 2019

Dear COBA Members; The following article appeared in the Civil Service Newspaper "The Chief" this week. Please take a moment to read, regarding our contract talks with Nassau County. Nassau Correction Union Edgy Over Stalled Talks By RICHARD KHAVKINE Updated Feb 11...

February 13, 2019

COBA President Gives Testimony on the State of Criminal Justice in New York State and Nassau County at Public Health Hearing on the Legalization of Marijuana Dear COBA Members/Retirees; On Wednesday, Feb. 6th, myself and Nassau's 4 other Labor Union Presidents were...

February 7, 2019

You may have heard, the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) is facing a lack of funding that will mean many responders and survivors will not get the full compensation they were expecting and deserve. This is incredibly important as the VCF provides desperately needed financial help...

February 4, 2019

Today your Union was once again at the forefront, blasting County Executive Laura Curran and Nassau County for their ridiculous decision to evict Federal ICE Agents from the Jail Campus. On the heels of a poor decision from the NYS Appellate Court in an action against Suffolk County declaring that...

January 16, 2019

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January 9, 2019