Correction officers' union sees early wins under Adams administration

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The de Blasio administration did not have the best relationship with the city’s correction officers’ union. But in two weeks, that’s all changed.

"To state that I am placating, those who know me know I do not placate,” said Mayor Eric Adams. "I respect union workers.”

Adams says a change in direction on Rikers Island is not a sign that he is bowing to the city’s correction officers’ unions.

It comes as some critics and advocates claim the correction officers’ union is exerting more control over the city’s troubled jail complex, it's a message coming from the outgoing commissioner.

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