The wheels of justice spun slowly for a second day as a work stoppage by Rikers Island transit employees kept defendants from reaching city courts Tuesday.
“There was continued significant impact on court operations,” said Office of Court Administration spokesman David Bookstaver.
“It was better today but we were still missing the majority of misdemeanor criminal court cases.”
The stoppage began Monday after Correction union chief Norman Seabrook – angry over the Bronx trial of two workers in an alleged inmate attack – personally ordered the action, sources have said.
“It makes it very difficult to work under those conditions,” a court source said. “This morning in criminal courts citywide they produced defendants with criminal cases, but defendants with misdemeanors came in late.”
The union staged the stoppage in defense of Correction Officers Kevin Gilkes and Louis Pinto, who are on trial after video caught Gilkes hitting an inmate while Pinto stood by, sources said.