Mask off Seabrook’s stay-out-of-jail plea

Crooked ex-union boss Norman Seabrook claims that going to prison could cause him to catch the coronavirus — but he’s repeatedly gone maskless while partying amid the pandemic, court papers allege.

A former member of the Correction Officers’ Benevolent Association sent Manhattan federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein two photos (one at right) that show Seabrook grinning broadly while posing with his arms draped around people flanking him on both sides. No one is wearing a mask in either of the shoulder-to-shoulder shots, but in one — taken inside a cozy restaurant — Seabrook has a blue face mask pulled down under his chin.

Retiree Eric Golub said both pictures were snapped “within the past 6 months” and show that Seabrook “has no problem being around other people for entertainment.”

“This convicted felon needs to serve his sentence like every other convict, and not use the Covid 19 virus as an excuse,” Golub wrote in Thursday’s filing. “He has been living like a millionaire for decades after draining our union funds. He was the most corrupt, lying scam artist we ever had in the NYC DOC union.”

In another letter to the judge, retired correction officer Celestino Monclova mocked Seabrook’s claim that having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease puts him at risk of death if he gets COVID-19 behind bars.

Monclova said Seabrook smokes cigars on a daily basis and “has also been known by all to be a chain cigarette smoker” who favors mentholated Newports.

Getting locked up would actually “be far more of a help than a hindrance to his alleged condition” because tobacco is banned in prison, Monclova said.

“He would be forced to ween [sic] himself off of what aggravates COPD the most and focus on better managing his condition with proper exercise and diet,” Monclova said.

Seabrook was sentenced last year to 58 months in prison for conspiracy and honest services fraud in what prosecutors have called “one of the more infamous bribery schemes in the recent history of New York City.”

In exchange for $60,000 stuffed into a Ferragamo bag, Seabrook agreed to invest his union’s pension money with a shady hedge fund, Platinum Partners — costing retirees $19 million when it went bust.

Last month, he asked Hellerstein to let him serve his time at home or delay his surrender until after he’s been vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Prosecutors have opposed the request, and Seabrook will have to report to prison by March 30 if the judge doesn’t grant him leniency, according to court records.