New claim vs. ex-jail union big

THE ex-correction union boss charged with accepting a bribe three years ago tried to solicit a kickback from another company in 2002, prosecutors say.

Norman Seabrook, 57, stands accused of pocketing $60,000 as payment for directing $20 million in union pensions to a struggling hedge fund called Platinum Partners.

Manhattan federal prosecutors want to present evidence at Seabrook’s trial that the onetime union big had previously asked an insurance company wanting to do business with the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association to “do something for the union, or for me personally.”

His lawyer, Paul Shechtman, wants to squelch the evidence, saying it could prejudice a jury.