Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York November 3, 2011 (LaSonde v. Seabrook)

OPINION OF THE COURT

Acosta, J.

Petitioners are members of Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association (COBA), a labor union and not-for-profit corporation with over 8,000 members, all of whom are correction officers employed by the City of New York. Respondents are COBA as well as COBA’s President, Norman Seabrook, and its Recording Secretary, Karen Belfield.