Whoever coined the phrase "You can never be too rich or too thin" was only half right when it comes to the de Blasio administration's lawsuit accusing the Correction Officers' Benevolent Association of "causing, instigating, encouraging or condoning a strike" in the form of an unexcused-absence rate among its members that's far higher than in 2019 and 2020.
Claiming the union would want 2,300 officers to miss work monthly to make life even more miserable for the larger number of colleagues who show up at Rikers Island is pretty rich.
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