After its president was arrested and indicted last year on corruption charges, the city’s correction officers’ union is trying to flex its political muscle ahead of this year’s citywide elections.
NY1 has exclusively obtained a new mailer the union is sending out in City Councilman Danny Dromm’s Queens district. It slams him for allegedly focusing more on crime on Rikers Island than in his own district. Dromm has been a vocal supporter of shutting Rikers Island down.
"The intent is to let politicians like Danny Dromm know that correction officers are tired of being used as a scapegoat or demonized," said COBA President Elias Husamudeen.
In response, Dromm released a statement:
"This flyer illustrates the twisted logic and misplaced priorities of a failed leadership desperate to change the subject from its legacy of corruption," the statement read in part. "I will never back down from doing what is right for my community — regardless of the opposition.”