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2005
January - April |
| Apr. 30 |
A Newsday
story described how the fire union took its public stand against
using PILOTS (payments in lieu of taxes) for the West Side Stadium
just two days after the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association took
a similar position. PBA President Patrick Lynch said it was
now clear that the city's prior statements were "not entirely
true and that PILOTs....will be diverted to this pet construction
project." |
| Apr. 25 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a Daily
News article about cop-killer Bruce Lorick being denied
parole: "New York State must continue to send the message,
as it did in the case of Bruce Lorick, that if you kill a police
officer, you should never expect to walk the streets a free
person again." |
| Apr. 15 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a Daily
News article citing a letter he co-signed with UFA President
Steve Cassidy to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and State Senate
Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, "urging them not to vote on the
(proposed Jets) stadium before the Olympic vote. 'It does not
appear to us that there should be a rush to commit to construct
a stadium,' they wrote." |
| Apr. 13 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in Lisa Colangelo's
Civil Service column in the Daily
News in an item about PBA's delegate vote to approve a dues
increase: "The PBA delegate body voted today for a strong PBA
for the future. They had the courage to do what's right and
what's necessary." |
| Apr. 6 |
April 6 Pat Lynch is quoted in Lisa Colangelo's
Civil Service column in the Daily
News in an item about PBA plans to ask the delegate body
to approve a dues increase: "We need to raise dues so that we
have the resources to continue fighting for pay, benefits and
civil rights for New York City police officers." |
| Apr. 5 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in an article in the
Chief-Leader about a City Council hearing on first-responder
access to the subway system and the Transit Authority's plans
to eliminate many manned token booths: "Patrolmen's Benevolent
Association President Patrick J. Lynch attended the hearing
and came out strongly against over-dependence on automation
to the detriment of public safety," the Chief-Leader wrote.
"Removing the extra set of 'eyes and ears' when police numbers
were already down only made it harder during emergencies, he
warned." |
Apr. 1 |
Pat Lynch's photo and quotes appear in
an article in the Chief-Leader
about the PBA proposal to increase its membership dues. |
March |
March |
Mar. 21 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in an article in
Newsday about
the shrinking police force: "It has become tougher being
a New York City police officer during the Bloomberg administration
because of the dangerous downsizing of the NYPD and the failure
to recognize the need to pay police a competitive salary."
Pat Lynch's photo — along with that of PBA Treasurer
Joe Alejandro, City-wide Trustee Brian Mooney —
appears in the Irish
Echo's photo coverage of the NYPD Emerald Society's 52nd annual
dinner-dance. |
| Mar. 18 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a Daily
News story about the parole application by Bruce Lorick,
who murdered Transit Police Officer Joseph Keegan in 1980: "Absent
the death penalty, life imprisonment is a fitting sentence.
Lorick should never be granted parole." On UPN-9,
Lynch is seen and heard, saying: "This man took and officer's
gun and pumped bullets into his head. He should never ever see
the light of day again as a free man." |
| Mar. 16 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in Lisa Colangelo's
Civil Service column in the Daily News in an item about the
recently completed PERB hearings: "It's unfortunate that
because the city doesn't negotiate in good faith and forces
us to go to PERB, when this decision comes down it will be a
long-expired contract already." |
Mar. 18 |
Pat Lynch's photo accompanies a story
in the Chief-Leader
about the PBA's questions about a possible NYPD plan to expand
its hair-sample drug-testing program. Al O'Leary is quoted
saying the union has some "science-related" concerns:
"We are in conversations with the Office of Labor
Relations. We stand opposed to switching the test until our
differences are resolved." |
| Mar. 10 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a New
York Post article about more than one third of the cops
joining the Nassau County Police Department having quit the
NYPD to take the more lucrative job: "You have people
who are leaving positions of authority or rank -- whether
detective or sergeant -- to become a police officer and go
down in rank but to go up in pay." |
| Mar. 8 |
Pat Lynch photo and quotes appear in the
New York Times
and he is also quoted in the Daily
News, Newsday
and the New
York Sun in connection with the hung jury in the trial of
Police Officer Bryan Conroy: "It is never the intention
to take a life," he told the Times, "and there is
no script when we go out on patrol. Difficult things happen,
and many times there is a tragedy, and this time there was a
tragedy all around." Lynch's photo and quotes also appear
in an article in the Chief-Leader
about the PBA's support for the Transit Workers Union's opposition
to token-booth closings: "We are talking about human lives,
and at a time when the Police Department has been dangerously
downsized, it's even more dangerous to remove our second set
of eyes and ears from the subway." |
| Mar. 7 |
Pat Lynch is seen and heard on NY-1,
News-2,
News-4,
Fox-5, Channel
7, UPN-9
and WB-11,
reacting to the hung jury in the trial of Police Officer Bryan
Conroy. "There are no winners or losers in this,"
he commented on WB-11. "We have a loss of life and we have
a police officer who has to deal with that forever. There's
never a winner or loser when someone dies...It's obvious that
the people did not prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt." |
| Mar. 5 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a New
York Times article about the deadlocked jury in manslaughter
trial of Police Officer Bryan Conroy: "With juries you
never know. The only ones that know are those folks that are
in that jury room." |
| Mar. 4 |
Lynch is quoted in the Daily
News coverage of a Transit Workers Union press conference
to announce opposition to the Transit Authority plan to close
token booths: "Booth clerks are the anchor that provides
a sense of security in the massive subway system. Subway riders
rely on the human presence in the booth to get a police officer
or medical help when they need it. Closing booths is bad for
the subway and it is bad for the city." |
Mar. 3 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a page-one Daily
News story about the NYPD hiring recruits with arrest
records: "Younger, well-qualified candidates are choosing
other opportunities bcasue they can't make a livable wage
as a New York City police officer. The result is people are
becoming cops who should not." Lynch appears on Channels
5, 7,
WB-11
and UPN-9, commenting on the recruits-with-arrest-records
story: "People that violated the law before are now being
made New York City police officers. That's a danger to the
NYPD and its reputation. That's a danger to the citizens of
the city," he tells FOX-5. "Give New York City police
officers a decent, livable wage and you'll have enough of
a pool of qualified candidates to take the job, and you won't
have to cut corners," he tells WB-11. Lynch is also seen
and heard on UPN-9 and WB-11, urging the public not to rush
to judgment in the case of the members of the service who
are accused of swapping information for counterfeit merchandise. |
February |
| Feb. 16 |
The
New York Times publishes a letter-to-the-editor by Pat Lynch,
commenting on the city's proposal to use real estate tax revenues
to finance the West Side stadium project: "...We are in
binding arbitration over the police officers' contract, which
expired 30 months ago; one of the main issues being considered
by the state arbitrator is the ability to pay. Clearly, this
kind of fiscal manipulation demonstrates that the city had the
ability to pay but lacks the willingness." |
| Feb. 15 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a Newsday
article about the opening arguments in the trial of Officer
Bryan Conroy, charged with manslaughter in the death
of Ousmane Zongo: "They have two years to look at what
this police officer had to deal with in seconds." |
| Feb. 13 |
The Daily
News publishes an opinion piece by Pat Lynch in which he
argues against a proposal to restore voting rights to convicted
felons, incarcerated or on parole. A lawsuit by imprisoned cop-killer
Anthony Bottoms seeking to regain his voting rights "brought
the debate to our attention," Lynch writes. "...In
killing two brave New York City police officers, he denied them
their right to 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.'
He killed their opinions and he killed their votes. Anthony
Bottom has voted with bullets and doesn't deserve to vote again." |
| Feb. 9 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in the Daily
News' civil service column, in an item about the department's
latest recruitment effort: "Our concern is that they've
made it so easy to bcome police officers because they are not
competitive in the market. There is just not a pool of candidates
the way it was 15 years ago when 40, 000 to 50,000 people took
the test and the list lasted four years." |
| Feb.8 |
Pat Lynch's photo and quotes appear in
the story in the Chief-Leader about increasing the penalties
for stores that sell items that can be used to impersonate a
police officer: "In this time of terrorism, it's that much
more important. Plus, we need the public to have the confidence
that when they see our shield, they see our patch, they know
it's a genuine New York City police officer." The Chief-Leader
also publishes a letter-to-the-editor by Lynch that thanks the
paper for publicizing the PBA's opposition to paroles for cop
killers. |
| Feb. 4 |
Transit Trustee Mike Morgillo is quoted
in a Newsday column
about the NYPD's missing of a deadline that would have enabled
the names of 70 forgotten fallen police officers to be included
this spring on the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial
in Washington, D.C.: "We needed him (Police Commissioner
Ray Kelly) to sign off by Dec. 31. This means the cops cannot
be included on that wall until May 2006." |
| Feb. 2 |
Lynch is quoted in a New
York Post article about proposed stiffer penalties for those
who sell items that could be used to impersonate police officers:
"Immediate steps must be taken to ensure that uniform patches
and police shields are available only to sworn members of the
NYPD." |
| Feb. 1 |
Pat Lynch is seen and heard on NBC-4,
UPN9
and WB11,
calling for strong penalties to deter illegal sales of police
uniforms and shields. "We need the public to have the
confidence that when they see our shield, they see our patch,
they know it's a genuine New York City police officer,"
Lynch says in one soundbite. |
January |
| Jan. 28 |
Pat Lynch's photo appears in an article
in The Chief-Leader
about the PBA's "Finest of the Finest" awards ceremony.
Lynch's photo and quotes also accompany The Chief's article
about the PBA's opposition to parole for one of the killers
in the 1980 murder of Police Officer Robert Sorrentino: "New
York State needs to send a message that cop-killers should never
expect to walk the streets again." |
| Jan 23 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a Daily
News article about slain police officer Robert Sorrentino's
family opposing parole for the last surviving member of his
band of killers. Lynch told the News that the parole board
needs to hear just how much families like Sorrentino's have
suffered. "In this case, even the court reporter was
crying," Lynch said. "Not seeing his children grow
up. Never meeting his grandchildren. No one can explain the
impact as well as family can." |
| Jan. 12 |
Lynch appears on NBC-4,
reacting to the marketing of a new handgun that can pierce the
bullet-resistant vests commonly used by law enforcement, including
the NYPD. "We're calling for legislation to be passed,
both federally and locally, banning this weapon, so these
weapons never come into our state and never get in the hands
of the perps that we chase on a regular basis," he told
reporter Scott Weinberger. |
| Jan. 7 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a New
York Post article about Mayor Bloomberg's announcement that
he would like to issue a second round of $250 million in real
estate rebates this year: "How can the mayor testify under
oath today (yesterday/s PERB hearings) that the city has no
money for police raises but can find surplus money for a politically
expedient real-estate tax rebate?" In the evening, Lynch
appears on NY 1 and Channels 2, 7 & 9, reacting to the mayor's
real-estate-tax-rebate plan. "What we're saying is, pay
us a decent, livable wage. If you can afford to have a political
ploy that's going to cost $250 million to the city's coffers,
then you can afford to pay New York City police officers because
they're the ones that put themselves at risk each and every
day," he commented on CBS-2. |
| Jan. 6 |
Pat Lynch is seen an d heard
on CBS-2, reacting
to Mayor Bloomberg's testimony before the PERB panel: "He
showed that policing is not really a priority in this administration.
He's...refusing to pay the people that... brought this city
back, from crime before 9/11 and from terrorism after 9/11." |
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