PBA in the NewsSince 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. More print and video news stories can be found linked by year: 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, and 2002. See also full indexes of articles and video listed by individual news organizations. Stories from 2001 and earlier can only be found under the individual news organizations. |
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| Mar. 14, 2010 | New York 1 video: PBA Prez Pat Lynch joins elected officials in support of passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. Lynch has been actively lobbying for the inclusion of cancers as a covered illness in the federal legislation. |
| Mar. 5, 2010 | Pat Lynch tells the Chief Leader that without more police officers, taking station agents out of subway stations will make the subway more dangerous. |
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| Feb. 22, 2010 | Pat Lynch slams a plan to let CCRB attorneys prosecute trials in the NYPD trial room, reported in The Chief and Newsday. Pat Lynch also reacts to the acquittal of three officers falsely accused of sodomizing a perp or attempting to cover it up on Channel 5, Channel 7 at noon; Channel 7 at 11 PM; Channel 4; Channel 11, and on CBS Radio and in the Chief-Leader. |
| Feb. 17, 2010 | Pat Lynch supports three officers at alleged sodomy trial calling the charges "fiction" in the New York Times and is interviewed on NY 1 News. |
| Feb. 4, 2010 | In an op-ed piece published by the Daily News, Pat Lynch warns the city that further reductions in NYPD staffing will result in more dangerous streets and a return to the "Bad Old Days" of high crime in NYC. |
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| Jan. 30, 2010 | Lynch calls video "necessary force" in Daily News and New York Post. |
| Jan. 29, 2010 | Pat Lynch calls alleged brutality video "necessary force" on NBC Channel 4, Channel 7, and Channel 11 news. |
| Jan. 25, 2010 | PBA president Pat Lynch reacts to the impact of Albany's proposed budget and possible layoffs: in stories in the Daily News and on Channel 11. |
| Jan. 21, 2010 | Pat Lynch says three officers will be cleared at 71 Pct. alleged "sodomy" trial on Channel 11, Channel 5 and Channel 9, and on WINS 1010 radio. |
| Jan. 17, 2010 | Daily News reports Pat Lynch's anger at Community Board Manager's comments on street renaming. |
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