More than likely, over his first 21 years as a high-ranking official of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, Elias Husamudeen never gave much thought to someday being president of the union.
The man with that job, Norman Seabrook, had come to power in 1995 with Mr. Husamudeen running for treasurer on his slate. He was the same age as Mr. Husamudeen, who is now 56, and showed no signs of weariness with the high-powered job, even after U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, over the course of his probe of the city jail system, made clear that he believed Mr. Seabrook was a larger-than-life barrier to reform.
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