The Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association of the City of New York (PBA) continued its tradition of spreading joy to needy families in the form of hundreds of toys to needy families of Far Rockaway, Queens and Brownsville, Brooklyn and a holiday party and hot food to needy families in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The first PBA toy delivery of the day was at the Church of the Nazarene in Far Rockaway which was devastated and still feels the effects of hurricane Sandy. Then it was off to the Brownsville...
The New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association (PBA) today (Thursday, Jan. 13) honored 37 New York City police officers and two sergeants for acts of heroism and humanitarianism. They were cited at the “Finest of the Finest” luncheon at Manhattan’s Water Club on the banks of the East River. The honorees ranged from the police officer who donated a kidney to save the life of a perfect stranger to the rookie who risked her life to save innocent civilians from a crazed man on a mid-day stab...