Disgraced NYC prisoner union boss Norman Seabrook released from jail

A Manhattan federal court judge ordered the release of disgraced prison union boss Norman Seabrook from prison because his sentence for bribery was much higher than that of his accomplice.

In an opinion released Friday, Judge Alvin Hellerstein granted Seabrook’s request for a compassionate release under the First Step reform law.

Seabrook will be released in 10 days unless federal prosecutors file an appeal.

In his opinion, Hellerstein agreed with Seabrook’s argument that he should be fired because he was sentenced to 58 months in prison, while accomplice Murray Huberfeld received 13 months.

Huberfeld, who bribed Seabrook in exchange for the union boss putting $20 million into a money-losing hedge fund, was initially sentenced to more than two years, but appealed and later received a lenient sentence.

“Now that Huberfeld’s sentence has been reduced to 13 months, it would be unfair for Seabrook to sentence Seabrook to 58 months,” Hellerstein wrote.

Seabrook, 63, served 21 months and is currently in federal prison in West Virginia.

A lawyer for Seabrook did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

A spokesman for the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York declined to comment on whether they would appeal.