A Message from Brian Sullivan, President COBA has been notified that the NYS Court of Appeals has rejected COBA's motion to further Appeal the Wage Freeze Lawsuit. The written decision has not been issued as yet so the reasoning for the denial is unknown at this time. This...

December 26, 2016

The Daughter and Grandson of retired Nassau County NY Correction Officer John Sheil (wife Wilma) of South Carolina are in temporary housing due to a fire that destroyed their home. They barely escaped with their lives and lost everything but the clothes on their backs. The...

December 15, 2016

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November 8, 2016

Letter writing campaign for Bill 4001b optional 20 year retirement plan for county correction officers and deputy sheriffs involved in corrections work. On May 23, 2016, the bill passed the Senate, and on June 14, 2016 the same bill passed the Assembly. However, a major hurdle...

October 28, 2016

On October 13, 2016 COBA President Brian Sullivan addressed the Nassau County Legislature following an almost three hour presentation by Acting Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter and his request for a 50 million dollar increase in the Police Budget...

October 17, 2016

Message from Brian Sullivan, President On January 5th of this year COBA's Attorneys along with the other County Union's Attorneys argued to New York's 2nd Dept Appellate Court in Brooklyn NIFA's power to impose wage freezes for three consecutive years beginning in March...

September 15, 2016

On Monday, August 1, the Nassau Correction Officers Benevolent Association (COBA) spoke at the Nassau County Legislature. President Brian Sullivan, along with all four of his Vice Presidents, came to speak before the board. Sullivan has been dealing with a multitude of issues at the correctional...

August 7, 2016

Attention East Meadow residents, especially the dozen or so of you who reached out to officials about security at the Nassau County Jail: Officials say the facility is secure. Which would have been the simplest response from county officials to your concerns on Tuesday, but no...

August 4, 2016

Recruit Classes 97, 98, 99, 100. Message from the Nassau County Health Insurance Unit In compliance with Union Contracts signed in 2014 we are pleased to announce that the County has contracted with Aetna to provide a health insurance plan that would be at no cost to eligible...

May 5, 2016

Great news from one of our Workers' Compensation/Disability Attorneys Sean Riordan, concerning the Governor's budget proposals related to Workers' Compensation. Great job as always by Sean and his Firm. Dennis Maurus4th. Vice-PresidentNCS COBA As you may be aware...

April 8, 2016