Norman Seabrook

Norman Seabrook is an American former law enforcement officer and union leader who was the president of the Correction Officers' Benevolent Association from 1995 to 2016.

Career Seabrook became a corrections officer in 1985. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Empire State College. As leader of COBA, which represents more than 9,000 officers within the New York City Department of Correction, Seabrook was known for his strong defense for union members.

Seabrook was instrumental in pushing through the "Feces Bill" which made it a felony to throw feces at a corrections officer. Seabrook fought for deals, sometimes in unison with other city unions, including the Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York and the Uniformed Firefighters Association. Seabrook lobbied for corrections officers to gain parity with the NYPD and the FDNY in pay and benefits. Seabrook was said to have been "presented with a Ferragamo bag by Jona Rechnitz." $19 million of that investment was lost, but through lengthy deals $4.5 million has been restituted. The first trial ended in a hung jury.

As a result of the legal issues, his bank attempted to foreclose on his home.