Coba Alert

Supreme Court Rules Not to Hear NIFA Wage Freeze Appeal, Ending NIFA Lawsuit Litigation

January 12, 2021

Union Updates: Supreme Court Rules Not to Hear NIFA Wage Freeze Appeal Ending Litigation in the NIFA Case.

Dear COBA Members/Retirees;

COBA was notified by our attorneys that the United States Supreme Court has rejected our Writ of Certioriari, which is our petition for them to hear our NIFA Wage Freeze Lawsuit appeal.

As we've stated before, the US Supreme Court normally hears only 1% of the cases proposed to it from lower courts. Ours will not be heard.  

This decision to reject our Writ, which affects all 5 Employee Unions in Nassau County thus upholds the lower Appellate Court's decision denying our appeal and upholds the 2011 Wage Freeze.

This means that just short of ten years after the imposition of the wage freeze, this long winding road of litigation is over. We have exhausted every option through every Court in NYS and every Federal Court right up to and including the highest court in the land land, and unfortunately we did not prevail.

There is no other venue to fight this case other than in the court of public opinion and we all know what the public thinks.  

It was a long run, and I am very proud of the fact that we did every single thing we could, on behalf of Nassau County Correction Officers do to fight what we still believe to be an unjust and illegal wage freeze.

Do not let this decision deter you from moving onward and upward as we continue to fight on behalf of the hardest working members of Law Enforcement.

Please look for further emails today updating you all on other issues affecting us including news of an Arbitration win as well as an update on COVID Vaccinations.

Always in Unity:

Brian Sullivan, COBA President

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