Exclusive | NYC jail bosses raked in nearly $400K a year with staggering OT equating to 14-hour shifts 365 days
Go to jail to make the big bucks.Top Corrections Department overtime hogs at Rikers Island logged so many hours last year, it was the equivalent of six extra hours per day, 365 days a year, The Post found.Assistant Deputy Warden Michael Hamilton was the OT king, logging 2,344 extra hours – worth $239,501 — in fiscal year 2024 for total pay of $388,620, city records show.He was hired in 2012.
The second biggest earner was Capt.Bob Villette, who raked in 2,380 hours of OT, or $234,090, for total pay of $376,708.
He was hired in 2006. Coming in at No.3 was Assistant Deputy Warden Olawamiri Otukoya with 2,125 overtime hours worth $222,760, scoring total pay of $372,207, the records show. Capt.
Kenneth McMillan was next, logging 2,380 OT hours worth $214,929 and a total payday of $358,031, according to the records.Mayor Adams makes only $258,750 annually.All four jail bosses averaged more than 40 hours of OT a week on top of their regular 40-hour shifts, which would equate to 14-hour workdays without any days off all year, the data revealed.In all, 3.8 million hours of overtime were worked by Correction employees, costing taxpayers about $283 million in the fiscal year that ended June 30. That was down slightly from fiscal 2023, when 4 million hours of overtime were logged, costing taxpayers $294 million.Adams in December sent out a memo laying out a set of new directives aimed at cracking down on through-the-roof overtime at the NYPD, FDNY, and the departments of Corrections and Sanitation.The NYPD came under fire after The Post revealed explosive allegations that then-Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey pressured an underling for sex in exchange for massive OT pay.A Correction Department spokesman said the agency is working to meet the mayor’s directive issued in December to monitor and reduce overtime spending.“Our members of service are engaged in essential operations, like special searches,” the spokesman said.“They may also accrue overtime by wor...