According to the union representing city corrections officials, NYC Department of Corrections Commissioner Cynthia Bran is set to resign by the end of the month.
According to the Correctional Officers’ Minion Association, Bran, who has served as commissioner for three-and-a-half years, is expected to serve on the last day in the role on May 31.
Union president Benny Bosio issued a blunt statement early Tuesday, blasting the violence in the city’s prisons during Bran’s tenure, which he described as “gross mismanagement”.
“Under her watch, Cynthia Bronn presided over one of the darkest chapters in our agency’s history, reaching record levels of prison violence, including thousands of attacks on correctional officers, COIDID-19’s botched in prisons Management. The statement said the deaths of nine officers, and more recently, gross mismanagement, have forced correctional officers to work triple shifts without food and rest.
“His unsuccessful leadership also fired 1,000 officers to resign in the last two years – a vague reflection of the lowest level of morale among our members in recent memory,” it continued. “The COBA has long called for accountability at the top, beginning with its beginning, and hopefully with its departure, we can turn the page and eventually put everyone’s safety in our jails . “
According to the city, Bron was named commissioner in October 2017 after serving four years as deputy commissioner.
She has 38 years of corrections and public safety experience according to Online Bio.
The Department of Corrections did not immediately respond to the Post’s request for comment.
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