Seabrook, former COBA head, has sentence reduced

Judge cites ‘unjust disparity’ with co-conspirator’s prison term

Norman Seabrook, the former head of the Correction Officers' Benevolent Association who began a nearly five-year prison term in May 2021 following his conviction on a federal wire fraud charge and a related conspiracy count, could be released next month. A judge last week concluded that there was “an unjust disparity” between the sentences he handed down to Seabrook and one ultimately served by a co-defendant.

Seabrook, a city power broker during a 21-year tenure as COBA head that concluded shortly after his 2016 indictment, was convicted in a 2018 jury trial of having sought and accepted a $60,000 payment in exchange for diverting $20 million in union monies into a high-risk hedge fund that ultimately went bankrupt, costing COBA all but $1 million.