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2004
June - July |
| July 20 |
Photos and text coverage of the Madison Square Garden picketing
appear in the New
York Times, New
York Post, Newsday
and the New York
Sun. "It's time for the mayor to realistically help
the heroes of 9/11 by paying us what is fair," the Post
quotes Lynch. Lynch appears with the UFA and UFT presidents
on NY 1's "Inside City Hall," making the case for
a fair contract. Lynch told NY 1 that he would not rule out
protesting during next month's GOP convention. |
| July 19 |
The scheduled beginning of picketing today outside Madison
Square Garden is reported in the Daily
News, Newsday
and AM New York. Al O'Leary in the News: "The Republican
National Committee is coming to New York to take advantage of
the proximity to the 9/11 site and the heroes of 9/11. We are
taking advantage of the opportunity to show them how poorly
those heroes are being treated." The picketing is covered
by every TV and radio news program in the city. Pat Lynch and
the other union leaders appear on many early morning TV and
radio broadcasts and the 9:30 a.m. press conference is covered
by more than a dozen local and national cameras and microphones.
"We're out here to get the message out that this Republican
mayor is not putting a realistic offer on the table," Lynch
says on camera. |
| July 17 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in advance stories in the Daily
News and New
York Times about the planned picketing at Madison Square
Garden. "We are pleased that the city concedes that the
First Amendment applies to city police fire and teachers, too,"
he told the News, in reaction to the city's caving in to threats
of legal action by the PBA after the city sought illegally to
restrict the picketing. "The mayor is insulting the very
people that the Republicans want to honor during their convention,"
he told the Times. Lynch is also quoted in the Times and New
York Post in articles about the arraignment on assault charges
of three Brooklyn North police officers: "What you'll find
as we move forward in this case is that these police officers
will be vindicated and the facts in the case will be what vindicates
them," he told the Times. Al O'Leary is quoted in a Staten
Island Advance article about community complaints that cops
are spread too thin in the 122 Pct.: "Let's make this clear:
This is a citywide problem." |
| July 16 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a Daily
News article about the plans to picket Madison Square Garden
July 19: "Police officers spend a great deal of time and
energy protecting the general public's constitutional rights,
and here we find Mayor Bloomberg attempting to conceal the poor
treatment of 9/11 heroes from the Republican party." Lynch
is also seen and heard on news broadcasts on NY 1 and Channels
2, 4 and 7 in coverage of the arraignments of three Brooklyn
North police officers on assault charges. "We believe this
is a political indictment by the district attorney during and
election year," Lynch told reporters. "These police
officers will be vindicated." |
| July 15 |
Newsday reports on the PBA's plans to picket Madison Square
Garden July 19, quoting Al O'Leary: "We are taking advantage
of a national spotlight in hopes that somebody in the Republican
party in Washington will say to the mayor: 'Look, sit down and
work out something with these guys before the convention."
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| July 14 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a Daily
News article about the police commissioner ordering "hundreds
of additional cops to flood the streets" in the wake of
last weekend's murder spree: Lynch called the deployment "a
clear indication that there are far too few police officers
available to cover our patrol needs." NY
1 and NBC-4 air reports of the city's latest contract settlements,
quoting Lynch: "This type of agreement would reduce the
starting pay for police officers, making the recruitment and
retention problems even worse." |
| July 10 |
The statement
is quoted in the New York Times, Daily News and Newsday articles
about the indictment of three officers. Al O'Leary is quoted
in an article in the Staten
Island Advance about a group protesting the shortage of
cops on the island: "It's not at all uncommon where the
122nd and 123rd Precincts can put out only two cars per shift.
It's a real problem." |
| July 9 |
A statement
from Pat Lynch is carried by NY 1, during the station's report
on the impending assault indictment against three Brooklyn police
officers, alleging they beat a cab driver last March: "When
the facts of this case are fully known, these three police officers
will be fully exonerated. The real outrage should be at the
marginal politician (Council Member Charles Barron) who is inflaming
this case for his own political benefit at the expense of police
officers who risk their lives everyday to make this city safe
and livable." |
| July 8 |
PBA spokesman Al O'Leary is quoted in the Daily
News, reacting to Mayor Bloomberg's criticism of the PBA's
plans to picket Madison Square Garden beginning July 19: "It's
not a great picture to have emergency workers and teachers outside,
begging for a fair contract. And we recognize that this is an
opportunity to share that information with the entire nation."
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| July 7 |
The PBA's plans for a round-the-clock picket
line at Madison Square Garden beginning July 19 as preparations
begin for the GOP National Convention is reported by the New
York Post. "We certainly know many elected officials
won't cross picket lines," PBA spokesman Al O'Leary is
quoted. "But we'll have our pickets there and ask people
to consider what they should do." O'Leary is also quoted
in the Daily
News report that the robbery suspect that Judge Laura Blackburne
helped to escape arrest June 10 was ultimately released without
bail for lack of evidence: "It doesn't change anything.
Judge Blackburne had no knowledge of guilt or innocence at the
time. She was interfering with a legitimate police action."
On CBS-2's evening news broadcast, PBA First Vice President
John Puglissi is seen and heard in a report by Marcia Kramer
on the MSG picketing plans: "That's what we're going to
ask them — help us, honor our picket lines, don't cross
it, and help us in our fight." |
| July 5 |
Pat Lynch is seen and heard on an NBC-4 news
report by Ti-Hua Chang that tells the story of a former Midtown
South Task Force police officer who resigned recently to double
his pay working for the Nassau County PD. "Look at the
Port Authority," Lynch adds in remarks to Chang. "They're
patrolling the same streets we are and they're making 20,000
more a year automatically. Why wouldn't you go to the Port Authority
police?" |
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June |
| June 30 |
The Washington Post
publishes an ad sponsored by the PBA, the other police unions
and the fire unions alerting the nation's capital's inside-the-Beltway
politicians and policy-makers to the reasons for our plans to
demonstrate outside Madison Square Garden: Aug. 30-Sept. "At
the Republican National Convention, New York City's police officers
and firefighters would rather be inside supporting our president
than outside protesting against a Republican mayor for a living
wage," the ad reads in part. |
| June 25 |
The Daily News publishes an advertisement sponsored
by the PBA, UFT and UFA urging the mayor to listen to the unions'
critical message about the need for fairness at the negotiating
table. |
| June 22 |
Pat Lynch's photo and quotes accompany an article
in The Chief
about the department's unsuccessful recruiting effort at
out-of-state colleges and military bases. "They are deceiving
the candidates that are signing up for this exam," the
newspaper quotes Lynch, "not explaining to them that this
money will not put food on the table. What they will do is look
at that salary based on the cost of living in those other states
but as we know in New York City ... the money doesn't stretch
that far." Lynch is also quoted in The Chief's article
about the state Commission on Judicial Conduct's investigation
of Judge Laura Blackburne: "What this judge has done is
tarnish the work that all good judges do in the state when they
go on the bench unbiased and rule on the facts." |
| Jun. 17 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in the Daily
News, New
York Post and Newsday
in articles about Laura Blackburne and William Hodges, the cop
shooter she had released before she instigated the escape of
another suspected felon, who was found not guilty of felony
assault and criminal mischief in the biting of another police
officer and guilty third-degree assault, resisting arrest and
second-degree harassment. Lynch told the newspapers: "Had
Judge Blackburne not released this dangerous felon onto the
streets two years ago, we would have been spared the burden
of arresting him for...assaulting a police officer because he
would have been in jail." |
| Jun. 16 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in The Law Journal, in an
article about the Blackburne issue: "Mr. Lynch issued a
statement saying Justice Blackburne was prejudiced against the
law enforcement community and "should not be on any bench."
The PBA's "Finest of the Finest" awards ceremonies
are covered with text and a photograph in the New York Sun.
Lynch is quoted: "What makes these awards special...is
that they're being honored by their own. Of all the awards our
officers earn for their performance, we value these the most
highly because their recipients are selected by other police
officers." Later, in the evening, Lynch appears live on
NY 1's "Inside City Hall," debating lawyer Ron Kuby
about Blackburne's unacceptable behavior. This site may be prejudiced,
but even by objective standards, Lynch scored a knockout in
the debate. |
| Jun. 15 |
The Blackburne transfer makes all the papers.
Pat Lynch is quoted in the Daily
News, the New
York Times, the New
York Sun. "I believe that she should be removed from
the bench completely," he tells the Times. "Many people
go to civil court for justice as well as criminal court. What's
in question here is her judgement, and if she has a bias against
police officers, she'll have that bias regardless of what bench
she sits on." Lynch's photo and quotes appear in The Chief's
coverage of last Tuesday's labor rally: "Pay us like the
professionals you say we are." He is also quoted in The
Chief's article on Officer Brian Conroy's indictment: "We
believe that the grand jury made a mistake indicting this police
officer and are confident that he will be exonerated when all
the facts are known." |
| Jun. 14 |
Because of the PBA's pressure tactics, the effort
to remove Laura Blackburne from the bench begins to build. Mayor
Bloomberg calls her actions an "outrage" in the press.
Lynch's remarks from last Tuesday's labor rally — "We
are not asking to be rich like you, Mr. Mayor. All we're asking
for is to make our lives better for our families" —
is quoted in a New York Post editorial critical of the PBA's
position. Meanwhile, the state's chief administrative judge
announces that Laura Blackburne is being relieved of her criminal
court responsibilities and transferred to civil court. Lynch
appears on Channel
2 and Channel
4, as the PBA's legal team files a complaint with the state
Commission on Judicial Conduct charging Blackburne with judicial
misconduct and obstruction of governmental administration. "She
obviously has a bias against police officers," Lynch tells
Channel 4. "I think she absolutely should be removed from
the bench," he tells Channel 2. |
| Jun. 13 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a Daily
News article about a local reverend objecting to the naming
of the PAL center in South Jamaica after slain New York City
Police Officer Edward Byrne because the officer was white and
therefore it "should be named for a slain African-American
law enforcement officer." "When Police Officer Byrne
gave his life,: Lynch told the News, "he gave it for all
of the community regardless of race. He should be remembered
for that deed in the same way." |
| Jun. 12 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in the New York Post, Newsday,
the New York Times and other newspaper, radio and TV coverage
of the PBA-DEA-SCOA Blackburne press conference: "She has
consistently demonstrated, in an embarrassing way, that the
only judgement she has is bad judgement," Lynch told the
Post. |
| Jun. 11 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in the Daily
News and Newsday on the Laura Blackburne issue. "She
is prejudiced against law enforcement and doesn't deserve a
seat on the bench," he told Newsday. Lynch is also quoted
in the Staten Island Advance and the New York Sun, defending
Police Officer Bryan Conroy. The PBA, joined by the Detectives'
Endowment Association and the Supreme Court Officers Association,
hold a press conference at PBA headquarters calling for Laura
Blackburne's removal from the bench and the filing of criminal
charges against her for judicial misconduct and obstruction
of governmental administration. The press conference and Lynch's
comments are aired on NY 1, Channels 2, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 11 and
by the news radio stations. |
| Jun. 10 |
Pat Lynch's "We're-not-asking-to-be-rich-like-you-Mr.-Mayor"
remarks are quoted prominently in a metro-section-page-one article
in the New York
Times. The article goes on to say that Lynch's comments
and the rally "symbolize what increasingly appears to be
the central...impediment to Mr. Bloomberg's reelection bid."
Later, the piece refers to Lynch as "the police union official
with whom he (Bloomberg) has a deeply frosty relationship."
Lynch is quoted in Daily
News, New
York Post, New
York Times and Newsday
articles about the Manhattan grand jury's second-degree-manslaughter
indictment of P.O. Bryan Conroy in the May 2003 shooting of
Ousmane Zongo: "We believe that the grand jury made a mistake
in indicting this police officer, and we are confident that
he will be exonerated when all of the facts are known."
In the evening, Lynch appears on Fox-5, after it becomes known
that anti-cop Queens Judge Laura Blackburne helped a drug offender
appearing before her to escape arrest by a detective outside
her courtroom who wanted him on a robbery charge. "If you're
taking the side of a person that's dealing drugs in the street
and robbing people of this city, injuring police officers, then
you should not be on the bench ñ you must be removed,"
Lynch told the Fox reporter. On the second-degree manslaughter
indictment of Police Officer Bryan Conroy, a statement by Lynch
is read on Channels 4 and 9: "We believe the grand jury
made a mistake and that this officer will be cleared when all
the facts are known." |
| Jun. 9 |
The PBA-UFT-UFA rally, with Pat Lynch featured,
is covered by the Daily
News on page one, and by the Post,
the New York
Times, Newsday
and The Sun,
along with continuing coverage on radio and television. The
News calls it the "largest gathering of municipal workers
in decades" and quotes Lynch: We are not asking to be rich
like you, Mr. Mayor. All we're asking for is to make our lives
better for our families." The News continues: "Lynch
then recalled the 9/11 credo: 'Never forget!' and added, 'Ladies
and gentlemen, I'm sorry to stand here today to report that
they have forgotten.'" The rally was also covered in newspapers
all over the country, including USA
Today, the Los
Angeles Times, the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution, and the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer. |
| Jun. 8 |
The PBA-UFT-UFA rally scheduled for City Hall
Park this afternoon is reported in the Daily
News, New York Post, Newsday,
the New York Sun,
WABC, WNBC,
Fox-5, and
The Chief. Pat Lynch, along with UFT president Randi Weingarten
and UFA president Steve Cassidy appear live on Fox-5's "Good
Day New York," promoting the rally. Lynch is quoted in
the News and the Post. The News: "Patrick Lynch, president
of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, said the city is
'asking police officers to give more. And the city doesn't want
to pay for it.'" Later in the day, Pat Lynch is seen and
heard on several radio and television stations speaking at the
rally, which is covered and broadcast by every news radio and
television station in New York. |
| Jun. 2 |
Pat Lynch's photo and quotes appear in an article
in The Chief
announcing the PBA-UFT-UFA joint rally scheduled for Tuesday
afternoon, June 8: "While we continue to sweat blood for
the city, the city continues to disrespect us at the bargaining
table." |
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