NYSCOPBA | New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association, Inc.

NYSCOPBA represents over 30,000 New York State employees and retirees from the Security Services Unit. Our Union was formed in May 1998 and since that time has provided superior representation to our membership under the independent and democratic model. Our objectives are to improve the terms and conditions of employment, protect our members contractual rights, provide high quality representation in the collective bargaining process, communicate effectively with the membership, achieve legislative gains, and to promote the overall welfare of our members.

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NYSCOPBA Officials Announce Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Over HALT Legislation

Albany, NY – Today, NYSCOPBA Union Officials formally announced a Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Albany seeking to repeal the recent HALT legislation that was passed by the State Legislature and signed into law by Governor Cuomo on March...

NYSCOPBA Officials Call for Immediate Changes to Protect Staff

NEWBURGH, NY – Today, members of NYSCOPBA’s Executive Board called on elected officials to immediately address the rising violence against staff in the state prison system during a press conference held at the Mid-Hudson Regional Headquarters in Newburgh. Full Press...

Sergeant Overcome by Drugs Mailed to Inmate at Mid-State Correctional Facility

Marcy, NY – A sergeant who was investigating a suspicious letter sent to an inmate needed to be administered Narcan by medical staff at the prison and was brought to an outside hospital for treatment of exposure to Heroin and the deadly drug Fentanyl. Full Press...

Officer Seriously Injured by Inmate at Clinton Correctional Facility

Dannemora , NY – An inmate, serving a 12 year sentence for armed robbery, attacked an officer in the recreation yard, knocking him unconscious and breaking his jaw in two places at the maximum security prison. Full Press Release

Contraband, Assaults on Staff Continue to Plague Greene Correctional Facility

Cellphones, Weapons Among the Items Recovered by Staff Coxsackie, NY - As COVID cases continue to surge in correctional facilities across the state, Greene Correctional Facility, which endured their own rise in cases at the end of the summer, seized a number of...

Spotlight

Central Region of NYSCOPBA donated $5000 to the Heart Run and Walk.

Pictured is Pam Mustee The development Director for the American heart Association and Central Region VP Bryan Hluska.

The Central Region of NYSCOPBA sponsors The Mohawk Valley Materials #5 Pro Stock

The Central Region of NYSCOPBA is proud to sponsor in the amount of $500. The Mohawk Valley Materials #5 Pro Stock car also referred to as Big O’s Racing! Driver Aaron Page (Rome Police Officer)