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| 2006
June - September |
| Sep. 24 |
Three New York Post stories on WTC health: Cancer
Shock at Ground Zero High School; Rice
OK'd Claim of 'Safe Air' After 9/11 ; Heroes'
advocate stricken with 'WTC' disease. |
| Sep. 24 |
Three New York Post stories on WTC health: Cancer
Shock at Ground Zero High School; Rice
OK'd Claim of 'Safe Air' After 9/11 ; Heroes'
advocate stricken with 'WTC' disease. |
| Sep. 20 |
In a New
York 1 video, Pat Lynch condemns political news conference
at Ground Zero on "Inside City Hall." |
| Sep. 19 |
Pat Lynch¹s photo and remarks are published in The
Chief-Leader in its report on the City Council hearing into
lingering WTC-related health effects on first-responders: "Patrolmen¹s
Benevolent Association President Patrick J. Lynch took it a
step further and said there needs to be an 'independent overseer
one without a vested interest other than the responder¹s
health.' During five minutes of heated testimony, Mr. Lynch
blasted the city for its slow response to he brewing crisis.
'It was a failure of government that it took until Aug. 31,
almost a full five years, for the Dept. of Health to release
[9/11] treatment protocols to the medical community. We, as
first responders, demand to know why...Why were city lawyers
reviewing the [medical guideline] drafts? How much time and
delay did the lawyers¹ involvement cost? Why were lawyers
involved in what is primarily and fundamentally a health issue?'"
Lynch is also quoted in a New
York Sun article about a reported slight increase in the
number of people applying to take the police exam: "The
president of the Patrolmen¹s Benevolent Association, Patrick
Lynch, said it wasn¹t just the starting pay that hurt recruitment,
but the generally lower salary all NYPD officers are paid compared
with officers in the Port Authority and in Nassau and Suffolk
counties, as well as across the country. 'New York City has
a serious problem recruiting qualified persons and has the additional
problem of losing veterans by the hundreds each year to better-paying
police departments,' he said in a statement." |
| Sep. 17 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a New
York Times article about nationwide difficulties in police
recruiting: "The top salary...'is not competitive with
surrounding jurisdictions. Police officers look at the whole
trajectory of their career. They will accept the risks that
come with police work because they want to follow their passion
for law enforcement. But they also want to be able to put food
on the table.'" |
| Sep. 15 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in the Daily
News and New
York Post in reports about his testimony at City Council
hearings on WTC-related health problems. "Our call for
help is being ignored," he was quoted in the News. "The
government has failed the workers who were made ill in every
facet of health-related issues," he is quoted in the Post. |
| Sep. 14 |
Videos: Pat Lynch testifies at the City Council about post
9/11 health issues, the lack of tracking by the NYPD and need
for federal funding for diagnosis and treatment. WNBC,
NY1, and
Inside City
Hall on NY1. |
| Sep. 13 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a Daily
News article about the effort to deny parole to one of the
men who killed New York City police officer James Carragher
in 1982: "Without the death penalty, cop killers should
never see the light of day. We will be supporting this family
(of Officer Carragher) throughout this latest ordeal to ensure
this killer stays in prison." |
| Sep. 12 |
A quote by Pat Lynch, taken from the PBA website, is included
in The Chief-Leader's
report on the first mediation session between the PBA and the
city: "The Bloomberg administration would have you believe
that their proposal to increase starting pay was a magnanimous
gesture, but the truth is that their plan is akin to earning
more money for working more days. It is a zero-sum gain proposition
that ultimately devalues the job of police officer." |
| Sep. 11 |
On the fifth anniversary of the attack on the World Trade
Center, Pat Lynch and UFA president Steve Cassidy join in a
free wheeling interview about all things related to September
11th on NY1's program "Inside
City Hall." |
| Sep. 8 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a Newsday
article about police officers leaving the NYPD for other departments
that offer higher pay: "They simply couldn¹t support
their families on what the city pays. It costs about $100,000
per officer to recruit, train and field a New York City police
officer. That money is wasted every time an NYPD cop quits for
a better job." |
| Sep. 6 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a New York Post article about NYPD
police officers defecting to the Suffolk PD because of the better
salaries there: "The NYPD will continue to lose fully trained
and experienced police officers until they pay police officers
a salary that is competitive at all levels. This is just the
most recent addition to a mass exodus from the NYPD that has
been going on for years." Lynch is also quoted in New
York Metro, commenting on the city¹s latest plan to
treat and detect WTC-related illnesses: "The initiatives
announced yesterday represent a first step in the right direction.
It just shouldn¹t have taken five years. It¹s better
than nothing but not much better." |
| Sep. 1 |
Pat Lynch¹s photo and quotes accompany an article in
The Chief-Leader
about Philip L Maier being named mediator in the contract dispute
between the city and the PBA. "We look forward to presenting
our case for a well-deserved and long-overdue pay increase for
New York City police officers..." Lynch said in a statement.
"Time will tell if the city¹s unwillingness to pay
police officers a salary that is competitive with other police
agencies and to pay us for our real productivity increases,
like handling more work with a reduced workforce, will stymie
the mediation process the way it did the negotiating process." |
| August |
| Aug. 25 |
In a WNBC news
video, Pat Lynch calls the WTC Health Registry report incomplete
and outdated. |
| Aug. 22 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a New York Times article about pension
bills enacted in Albany in recent years that benefit various
union members. In a section discussing HIV -tuberculosis-hepatitis
presumption bills, the Times quotes a letter written by Lynch
in support of such a bill benefiting police officers: "Since
police officers are required to pass a physical examination
upon entry into service, and to follow lifestyles that would
preclude their contracting HIV, tuberculosis or hepatitis, it
is reasonable to presume that by far the most likely cause of
contracting one of these diseases would be coming into contact
with an infected individual in the course of performance of
duties." Also, a full-page PBA advertisement appears in
the newspaper Our
Town¹s Downtown-City Hall edition opposite a full-page
exploration of Mayor Bloomberg¹s presidential campaign
possibilities. Headlined, "Bloomberg for President? First
learn to speak Bloombergese," the ad translates some of
the mayor¹s deceptive public pronouncements about the city-PBA
contract negotiations into plain, PBA English. |
| Aug. 2 |
In an NY1
video news story, Pat Lynch at Bronx Supreme Court regarding
the death of PO Eric Hernandez. |
| Aug. 1 |
In a UPN9
video, Pat Lynch at Bronx Supreme Court regarding the death
of PO Eric Hernandez. |
| July |
| Jul. 28 |
The Daily News
reports on the White House Executive Order allowing the EPA
to keep secret information on toxins at the World Trade Center. |
| Jul 23-25 |
The launch of the PBA¹s website registry to monitor the
health of New York City police officers who worked on the pile
in the aftermath of 9/11 is reported exlusively in the New
York Post, with follow-up stories over the next few days
not only on radio and television (videos from WABC,
WCBS, WNBC,
UPN9, NY1,
Fox-5) but also
in the other newspapers (a number of reports in the Daily
News, Sun,
Newsday.). Pat
Lynch is quoted in the Post saying that PBA members have had
"precious little information on the health consequences our
members are experiencing" and that the registry was set up to
remedy that. Lynch is also quoted in the Daily News, charging
that government is turning its back on the ailing first-responders:
"The federal government has walked away." "Police officers responded
instantly to the attack on the World Trade Center," he told
the Daily News. "We knew what was right and we did it and now
the city should do the same." |
| Jul. 9 |
The Daily
News reports on the PBA open letter to the public of NYC.
"They created the problem, now they want to correct it
but want the police officers themselves to pay for it. It is
all smoke and mirrors and the way this administration is attempting
to mislead the public is fundamentally dishonest." |
| Jul. 8 |
The Times,
Post, News,
WNBC, WCBS,
New York 1
cover the Mayor's declaration of impasse in contract negotiations.
Says Pat Lynch: "Without
even waiting to see the P.B.A.'s counteroffer, the city declares
an impasse and tells the press about it before they inform the
union. That outrageous behavior demonstrates beyond a shadow
of a doubt that the Bloomberg administration never had any intention
of negotiating a fair contract with their grossly underpaid
police officers." |
| June |
| Jun. 25 |
PBA blasts 9/11 health monitoring system in the New
York Post. "We need to find out what cancers and serious
disorders are out there so we know what to look for," said
Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
"Millions of dollars are being spent, and we're getting
no information." |
| Jun. 23 |
In the Chief-Leader,
Pat Lynch commented on the removal of Laura Blackburne. "The
New York State Court of Appeals has done the people of New York
City a great service by permanently removing Laura Blackburne,
a notorious cop-hater. As a judge, Laura Blackburne was a blemish
on the outstanding record of service provided to this city by
all those who serve on the bench with honor and dignity."
In the New York
Times, Lynch asserts that PBA needs to negotiate separately
because of disparity with surrounding districts. The Times
and New York 1
also note the PBA endorsement of Andrew Cuomo for Attorney
General. |
| Jun. 14 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in the New
York Post, Daily
News, Newsday,
and the Queens
Chronicle in articles about Judge Laura Blackburne¹s
removal from the bench: "The New York State Court of Appeals
has done the people of New York City a great service by permanently
removing Laura Blackburne, a notorious cop-hater." The
story was also covered in the New
York Sun and the New
York Times. |
| Jun. 13 |
Dismissal of Laura Blackburne covered in videos on WCBS
and WNBC.
"This was a right decision by the Court of Appeals,"
said Pat Lynch, "but a difficult one." |
| Jun. 7 |
Pat Lynch reacts to a videotape released by an attorney showing
defendants claiming self defense in the beating of police officer
Eric Hernandez on WABC
and WNBC. |
| Jun. 2 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in The Chief-Leader, in a column about
the politics surrounding the salary issues in the PBA contract
negotiations: "The city has failed to provide the PBA with
the most fundamental information regarding this round of contracts.
Every piece of information we have requested is being sought
for use in our effort to gain fair and competitive contract
for New York¹s police officers through negotiations. We
are moving expeditiously to reach an agreement at the table
but we will not disadvantage our position in bargaining to move
on a timetable driven solely by the city¹s inability to
fill its academy class." |
| May |
| May 26 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in The
New York Post, in an article in which Police Commissioner
Kelly blames the low starting salary for a more than 25 percent
drop in police recruit applications: "Surrounding police
departments pay their officers $90,000 a year. Until New York
City matches that, the NYPD will have a serious recruiting and
retention problem. The commissioner knows it and the mayor knows
it. Now they have to find the political courage to fix it." |
| May 25 |
A letter-to-the-editor by Pat Lynch is published in
The New York Post correcting the paper¹s assertion
in a May 22 editorial that New York City police officer benefits
are "substantially more generous" than the benefits
in suburban departments: "But we can¹t blame you for
that misapprehension," Lynch writes in part, "because
you are just repeating the city¹s propaganda...But the
PERB chairman was not persuaded that NYPD benefits 'are so different
from other communities and entities to which comparisons are
made as to close the pay gap.'" |
| May 24 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in Lisa Colangelo's Daily
News column about the city's latest offer: "Once again
the city expects police officers to pay for their own raises
while failing to close the gap at all levels of salary between
New York City police and surrounding communities, from entry
level to critical top pay." |
| May 23 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in The
Chief-Leader's article about the city¹s latest contract
offer: "Once again the city expects police officers to
pay for their own raises while failing to close the gap at all
levels of salary between New York City police and surrounding
communities, from entry level to critical top pay...Bloomberg
is using the salesman's theory that if you repeat a lie enough,
people will believe it...This offer fails to consider the dangers
that we face above and beyond virtually any other municipal
employee despite the Taylor Law's requirement to consider job
risks in setting wages." |
| May 22 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a New
York Post editorial about the city¹s offer to increase
starting police salaries in exchange for givebacks: "Furthermore
[the offer] does nothing to address the critical recruitment
and retention problem caused by dramatically higher police salaries
in other departments." |
| May 20 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a
New York Times article in which Mayor Bloomberg suggests
the PBA is being "duplicitous" in criticizing low
starting pay for police officers: "Bloomberg is using the
salesman¹s theory that if you repeat a lie enough, people
will believe it. Reduced starting pay for police officers was
in the city¹s demands from Day 1. They wanted it, testified
for it and the arbitrator gave it to them, and now they have
to live with it. If anyone is being duplicitous, it¹s the
mayor." |
| May 19 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in The
New York Times, Daily
News and New
York Post, in articles about the city¹s contract
offer to the PBA: "Once again the city expects police
officers to pay for their own raises while failing to close
the gap at all levels of salary between New York City police
and surrounding communities, from entry level to critical
top pay. This offer fails to consider the dangers that we
face above and beyond virtually any other municipal employee.
It does nothing to address the critical recruitment and retention
problem caused by dramatically higher police salaries in other
departments." |
| May 17 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in The
New York Sun, in an article saying that the number of applicants
for the NYPD is down almost 27%: "The problem obviously
is salary, but you won¹t fix it just by raising the starting
salary. In Nassau they start at $21,000 and have no trouble
finding applicants. That¹s because after a few years, they
are earning $90,000 while our officers are earning $59,000.
You do the math." |
| May 8 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a Daily
News exclusive about Transit cops in the Bronx being compelled
to hide out in secret rooms to catch more fare-beaters and other
violators to statisfy an illegal summons quota: "Management
can call them whatever they want, but when punitive action follows
a failure to write a target number of summonses, then it¹s
an illegal quota. Quotas are bad because they can interfere
with our ability to fight serious crime and make for poor police-community
relations." |
| May 7 |
Lynch counters defense lawyer claims on new video in death
of P.O. Hernandez on an ABC
video. |
| May 5 |
Lynch blames thugs for death of P.O. Hernandez in videos on
ABC, Fox-5,
NBC and
UPN9 |
| May 4 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a Newsday
article and UPN9
and WB11
videos about a hearing for the accused killers of P.O. Daniel
Enchautegui: "It¹s outrageous that these two junkies
want the evidence collected and their statements suppressed
because they made bad choices. They both knew there was a weapon
being carried." |
| May 3 |
A New
York 1 video covers how fewer applicants for PO test cause
the city to make increased starting pay one of their demands.
Lynch is critical of "productivity" gains to pay for
it. Pat Lynch is quoted in Lisa Colangelo¹s Civil Service
column in the Daily
News: "'The city should be penalized for dragging its
feet in collective bargaining,' Pat Lynch at a City Council
Civil Service and Labor Committee hearing in March." |
| May 2 |
In the Daily
News, the PBA helps fund a suit to prevent cop-killer
getting award:Also in the Daily
News, wounded officer back on the beat: The Chief-Leader
covered Pat Lynch's impassioned speech supporting the TWU.
Another article in the Chief-Leader
mocked the Mayor's tortured attempts to answer Lynch's
call for interest payments on late contract deals. |
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