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 Since
being elected president of the PBA, Pat Lynch has done thousands
of interviews in an effort to promote issues of importance
to every police officer in New York City.
Listed below you will find a partial chronological listing
of stories in which Pat Lynch speaks on your behalf or where
the PBA is an important part of the story. In many cases,
you can actually see or hear a television or radio story simply
by clicking on the station designation.
To read or view stories earlier than the ones listed below,
go to the media archives. |
| 2008
June |
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| Jun. 27 |
The Chief reports that a dozen members of the City Council joined Pat Lynch on June 19 to demand the restoration of $16 million in funding to next year's budget to hire 1,000 new Police Officers. He said that the union's prediction that a short-handed force would precipitate a rise in crime had been prophetic. "Crime is on the way up," he contended. "That means murders, rapes and robberies." |
| Jun. 26 |
In a Fox-5 video,Officer Timoshenko's mother says cop killers shouldn't be allowed to live |
| Jun 25 |
In a Fox-5 video, MOS from the 71 Pct. and Pat Lynch support Timoshenko family at first of many court dates in murder of PO Russel Timoshenko. In eMaxHealth.com, Pat Lynch praises Governor Patterson for proposing an expansion of benefits for first responders. "Clearly Governor Paterson recognizes the great personal sacrifice made by all those who rallied to save and help the city recover after the attacks of 9/11" he said. "The Governor's proposal expands benefits to those responders whose welfare fell between the cracks of the first law. This bill should be supported by all of our legislators and signed into law as quickly as possible. We add our voice to all of those praising Governor Paterson for his proposal." |
May |
| May 28 |
Videos report that PBA supports family of deceased PO Eric Hernandez as his assailants are sentenced in Bronx Criminal Court on WCBS, WNBC, WABC, Fox5, and New York 1 |
| May 20 |
PERB award for 2004/06 police officers contract covered in New York Times, New York Post (also an editorial and an article on recruitment effect), Daily News, Newsday, Sun, New York 1, Staten Island Advance. WCBS TV news reports that new contract will not help recruiting at the NYPD. Fox TV reports firefighters will reopen contract to take advantage of PBA's success.
And WNBC TV reports departmental charges in Bell shooting while Lynch defends officer. |
| May 19 |
PERB award for 2004/06 police officers contract reported on TV news: WCBS, WNBC, Fox, WABC, Channel 9, Channel 11, and NY 1. |
| May 9 |
Video: ABC reports on "exodus" of police from the NYPD |
| May 2 |
Video: Lynch challenges Mayor on budget impact |
April |
| Apr. 28 |
Post: '911' Cops on Wall of Fame |
| Apr. 26 |
Pat Lynch's letter to the Editor of the Post, and other letters
of support. |
| Apr. 25 |
Post: PBA,
Mike Trade Cop-Hire Fire. Videos and audio: The verdict in Sean
Bell trial and reaction by Lynch is covered in videos
on NBC, CNN, WCBS, Fox5, RNN,
and My9, and
audio on WINS. |
| Apr.22- 23 |
New York Post, Daily
News, Sun,
and Staten
Island Advance cover the PBA's policy of listing employment
ads for other departments in the magazine. Videos and
audios on WNBC, Fox5, New
York 1, Channel
12, 1010WINS and CBS-newsradio. |
| Apr. 17 |
Better paying police departments attract
recruits at John Jay College job fair are reported in a
WNBC news video. |
| Apr. 5 |
Daily News:
Seattle not shy about luring NYPD cops |
| Apr. 4 |
The PBA
president blames low top pay for ability of other departments
to recruit NYPD veterans in the Daily
News and MyNorthwest.com.
Videos on the topic on WABC, WNBC, Fox5,
and NY1: |
| Apr. 2 |
New York Post:
'Zero' for Heroes, Says NY-Bash Pol. PO Michael
Carey testifies at the Bell trial in videos on WABC, WCBS, WNBC, CW11, My9, NY1, and Fox5. |
| Apr. 1 |
Newsday: Sick responders
ask Congress to reopen 9/11 fund |
March |
| Mar. 26 |
Queens Courier:
Thin blue line at lowest levels since 1993 |
| Mar. 20 |
NYPD could soon be smallest since ’90s: New
York Times, Daily
News, New
York Post, New
York 1, New
York Sun, Newsday, Staten
Island Advance |
| Mar. 5 |
A Daily
News article on the trial of
shooter Damian Henry reported that Pat Lynch called for the
maximum sentance, saying that "Henry clearly has no qualms
about pulling the trigger on police officers or civilians.," |
February |
| Feb. 29 |
Videos on Ch
5, Ch
7 and Ch
9 cover the PBA president reacting to cop-bashing museum
display. The story is also reported in the Daily
News. |
| Feb. 27 |
Videos on WCBS and New
York 1 as well as a story In the New
York Sunshow how a Council biill would cover health
care costs for Ground Zero Workers. Also, hundreds remember
Edward Byrne in the New
York Times, Daily
News, and Newsday
as well as videos on New
York 1 (Feb. 26) and Channel
11 (Feb. 26). |
| Feb. 15 |
The Chief publishes a letter-to-the-editor by Pat Lynch criticizing the newspaper for an article in the previous issue that reached pro-management conclusions. The Chief also runs Pat Lynch's photo and quotes in an article reporting the PBA's opposition to the city's request for added week to submit its briefs in the PERB arbitration: "The PBA is vehemently opposed to the city's request..." |
| Feb. 7-9 |
The Associated Press, the Daily
News and the New York Post report the Parole Board's decision — under pressure from the PBA and from a slain cop's widow and other survivors — to rescind the parole of Shuaib Raheem, who killed Police Officer Stephen Gilroy in a botched robbery in 1973. "Plainly put, anyone who kills a police officer should hever even have the hope walking the streets of our city as a free person again," Pat Lynch said in a statement. |
| Feb. 8 |
Pat Lynch's photo and quotes are included in The
Chief's coverage of the PBA's "Finest of the Finest" awards: "When there's danger and chaos, you always find a New York City cop running towards that unknown danger. And the reality is that many get injured or killed, and sometimes that gets skimmed over." |
| Feb. 4 |
Daily News quotes Pat Lynch in an article about a judge's ruling that two former PBA delegates must stand trial on charges they obstructed the investigation of the officer in a drunk-driving case in which four people were killed: "While this was an unfortunate and tragic incident, we don't believe there is any basis to hold the PBA liable for the act of an off-duty police officer in his private vehicle. The judge has decided that there are issues of fact that must be resolved and the PBA will fight this case to its conclusion and through appeal, if necessary." |
| Feb. 1 |
Finest of the Finest awards ceremony covered by the Daily
News, New
York Sun, and Staten
Island Advance. |
January |
| Jan. 31 |
Finest of the Finest awards ceremony covered by NY1, WCBS,
Fox5, WABC and My9. |
| Jan. 19 |
The Daily News reports that a new deal would zoom MTA cops'
salaries past the NYPD's |
| Jan. 17 |
New York
Post covers PBA efforts to keep '73 cop killer jailed.
The Daily
News covers the PBA opposition to rookie grants, and
a story in Newsdayaddresses
Suffolk Count's efforts to reduce pay for rookie cops. |
| Jan. 16 |
In a New York
Sun article about PBA opposition to two programs
for new officers, Pat Lynch says "Compensation is a mandatory
subject of collective bargaining and we will not allow the
city to bypass the process that exists to ensure fair treatment
for all of our police officers." |
| Jan. 4 |
In his New Year's column, the Chief's editor brags
about having predicted Pat
Lynch's reelection in last
year's piece. The Chief also quotes Lynch in an article
about the PBA's campaign to keep cop-killer Shuaib Raheem in
prison: "Violent felons should not be eligible for parole,
and cop-killers should be incarcerated for life." The
Chief also quotes Lynch in its piece about the PBA's
PERB arbitration: "We have a very strong case, and they
(the city) have to counter that." |
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