COBA News
May 11, 2013
For twenty years the National Association of Letter Carriers have organized one of the most successful food drive efforts in the country. Residents are asked to simply leave bags of non-perishable food items by their mailboxes...
Feb 26, 2013
By MARK TOOR of The Chief
Nassau County cannot unilaterally restrict its Correction Officers from participating in shift swaps that occur more than three months apart, the Public Employment Relations Board ruled in a decision...
Jan 30, 2013
Since our inception as the certified union for all Nassau County Correction Officers and Uniformed Supervisors in 1999, this past year will go down as truly the busiest and most eventful year to date. There were many challenges...
Dec 21, 2012
As reported by News 12 Long Island;
EAST MEADOW - Nassau corrections officers showed some holiday spirit today by helping replace toys that were destroyed in a fire.Officers with the county's Correction Officers' Benevolent...
Oct 24, 2012
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Nassau PBA and all of the members of the Nassau County Police Department who for the second time in a week are grieving the sudden and tragic loss of a hero Police Officer, who is a beloved...
Oct 18, 2012
On March 14, 2012, Correctional Officer Ryan Apicella was the sole officer on duty with a psychotic mental observation inmate who was in custody for assault in the second degree when he was called into sudden and valorous action...
Sep 25, 2012
Welcome to the NassauCOBA.com website. Our new website has a scrolling photo gallery, high resolution graphic banner images, a video gallery, social networking links and buttons, RSS news feeds, newsletter submission forms,...
Sep 03, 2012
As union members, Labor Day is special to us because for a moment, the nation pauses and recognizes the great accomplishments of labor unions. This year, the President of the United Auto Workers will be speaking at the Democratic...
Jul 27, 2012
We once again beat the Suffolk Corrections Officers the 3rd year in a row. A couple of hundred people came out to witness our strength at Jones Beach. Our union donated $5,000 to Wounded Warriors from t-shirt and hat sales and a...
Aug 21, 2012
Early yesterday afternoon, Judge Arthur Spatt in Federal Court issued his decision on the "King Mangano law" (Local Law #315-12). This law, if enacted, would have given the County Executive the authority to open up collective...
Aug 03, 2012
The COBA Family & Friends Fishing Trip was on Friday, Aug. 3rd. Good job to Delegate Kevin Imm from Platoon 5 for organizing a great event. All kids got a trophy and we sailed out of Freeport on the Captain Lou Fishing...
Aug 07, 2012
Battle of the Badges. On Tues, August 7th, we played the Nassau PBA at Ducks Stadium in Central Islip. Over 300 COBA families came out to help us raise $4,000 for the Nassau PBA & Nassau COBA Widow's & Children's Fund - a...
