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| 2007
June
- September |
| Sep 25 |
On WCBS,
a video shows accused cop killer Alan Cameron's girl friend
testifying he had a gun on the incident. Lynch calls
the testimony "huge." Pat Lynch's photo and quotes
appear in an article in The
Chief about the department charging NYPD rookies for night-sights
and their guns: "The weapons issued to new police officers
should be fully equipped to meet department standards at no
additional cost to the officer. It¹s just another reason
that nearly 1,000 trained and experienced officers quit the
NYPD each year for jobs with better pay, better benefits and
better all-around treatment." Lynch is also criticized
in a Chief editorial for
what the newspaper calls his "delaying
tactics" in
the contract negotiations.
PBA runs a full
page ad reminding New Yorkers about how it has
been warning of the recruitment and retention crisis since
2000 in AM-NY. |
| Sep. 21 |
The PBA full-page ad reminding New Yorkers about how it has
been warning of the recruitment and retention crisis since
2000 runs in NY
Metro. |
| Sep. 20 |
The PBA full-page ad reminding New Yorkers about how it has been warning of the recruitment and retention crisis since 2000 runs in the Daily
News. |
| Sep. 19 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in the Daily
News and New
York Post in
articles about a web site mocking 9/11 victims and their families:
"The police officers who sacrificed their lives that day, and
every day, do so to ensure the freedom of speech that this
Web site insults. America¹s greatness lies in the tolerance
of crap like this where those responsible would be summarily
executed in a terrorist country." The PBA runs a full-page
ad in the New
York Post reminding New Yorkers about how it¹s
been warning of the recruitment and retention crisis since
2000. |
| Sep. 18 |
Pat Lynch¹s photo appears in an article in The
Chief-Leader about PBA "plans
to cite plans the local law-enforcement trend to move to
longer tours" in the PERB arbitration
proceedings. Also, he is quoted in The Chief¹s piece
on the new health
plan for PBA employees: "We've
implemented a new plan that avoids increased co-pays for
our employees, reduces hurdles necessary to secure treatment
by specialists and provides enhanced dental and optical benefits,
all with no premiums to our employees."
In the PBA's full-page advertisement in The
Chief, Pat Lynch calls for the City and the department
to start treating police officers as the professionals that
they are. |
| Sep. 17 |
Videos on WABC, WCBS, Fox5, My9, WNBC and New
York 1 cover Pat Lynch joining PO Dillon Stewart's wife
at the opening of the murder trial. |
| Sep. 16 |
The Daily
News quotes Pat Lynch in an article about the impending
trial of Police Officer Dillon Stewart¹s accused killer:
"We have faith that the good people of Brooklyn who will
sit in judgment of this case will see Allan Cameron for the
cowardly thug that he is and put him away for life." |
| Sep 15 |
Daily
News editorial "New York in Danger" on 9/15/07
erroneously blames the PBA and Pat Lynch for the retention
and recruiting crisis face by the NYPD. Pat Lynch responded
immediately to the Daily News with a letter that the
Daily News, so far, refuses to print. |
| Sep. 14 |
"They're leaving because of top pay," said Pat
Lynch, in a WCBS video
about the flight of new recruits. "Top
pay for NYPD is $59,000," Lynch said. "Suffolk
County is $100,000, 80,000 in Nassau County." The story
is also covered on WABC. |
| Sep. 11 |
Pat Lynch¹s photo appears twice in The Chief-Leader and he is quoted in three articles, one about the PERB ruling that the length of tours is a mandatory subject of collective bargaining, another about the department offering police officers free exam preparation courses for the sergeants test, and the third about the nomination of Eric Schmertz as a member of the PERB board being bottled up in a State Senate committee: "This (the PERB ruling on tours) reopens the door for negotiations that can bring a modern chart system to the NYPD that can benefit both the city and its police officers." On the sergeants test preps: "The best way to fill the sergeant ranks with qualified people is to attract the best people to become police officers, and that is not happening because top pay is not competitive." On the Schmertz delay: "The DEA, LBA and CEA are doing the city¹s bidding by opposing the nomination of Eric Schmertz, who has a long history of fairly applying the state¹s labor laws. In the face of a civilian settlement of zero and three percent over two years, Mr. Schmertz awarded the PBA 10.25 percent over the same period, paying police well over $100 million more in salary and benefits than they would have gotten under the civilian settlement." |
August |
| Aug. 17 |
In the PBA's full-page advertisement in The
Chief, Pat Lynch
points out how the PBA's goals are endorsed by the Taylor Law. |
| Aug. 13 |
A column by Pat Lynch appears in Metro, urging the passage
of a viable New York State death penalty law in the aftermath
of the killing of Police Officer Russel Timoshenko. |
| Aug. 3 |
Pat Lynch¹s photo and paraphrases of his positions appear
in an article in The
Chief about police officers¹ reaction
to how long it¹s taking to settle the contract. "The Brooklyn
officers generally appeared to support the union¹s hard-line
approach," The Chief reports. "'They¹ve
offered to give things back,' a veteran officer asserted,
referring to the city¹s proposals. 'We finance our
own raises that¹s not a raise.'" |
July |
| Jul 30 |
Pat Lynch¹s photo appears in a Daily
News editorial
that
criticizes him once again because he "refuses to negotiate
a contract that
would eliminate the shameful starting salary...and forced the
mayor to seek
arbitration." |
| Jul. 23 |
In an editorial, the Daily
News criticizes Pat Lynch for holding out for a better contract than the Sanitation Workers and Uniformed Fire Officers settled for. |
| Jul. 17 |
Articles in the New
York Times, Post, News, New
York 1 and
the Sun cover
the arraignment for murder of the three suspects in the killing
of PO Russel Timoshenko as well as the press conference where
Pat Lynch called for the death penalty. |
| Jul. 13-17 |
There has been major news coverage of the shooting of
police officers Herman Yan and Russel Timoshenko. Listed
below in chronological order are the video clips which includes
the PBA's reaction to the arrest of the two fugitives and
their arraignment at which Lynch calls for a federal prosecution
andofficer Timoshenko's death and wake as well asthe
rearraignment of the three perps on murder charges.
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| Jul. 13 |
News videos on ABC, Fox,
and NBC: Pat
Lynch delivers a message from the Timoshenko family at Kings
County Hospital. |
| Jul. 13 |
Pat Lynch’s photo and quotes appear in an article in
The Chief about
the selection of Susan T. Mackenzie as chairwoman of the PERB
arbitration panel that will decide the PBA contract: “There
is much more at stake in this arbitration than an officer’s
paycheck. While New York City police officers deserve a great
deal more than what the city pays them, the future safety and
fiscal health of this city will be determined by this arbitration’s
outcome.” |
| Jul. 13 |
PBA advertisement in Chief-Leader: "Underestimated
Revenues + Overestimated Expenses = Budgets Unfair to Police
Officers" |
| Jul. 11 |
News videos on ABC, CBS, Fox5, My9, NBC,
and New York
1: PBA members appear at indictment of first arrested in
shooting of officers Yan and Timoshenko. Lynch calls
for others to surrender and for a viable death penalty in New
York State. |
| Jul. 6 |
A letter-to-the-editor by Pat Lynch appears in the New
York Post: “The
problem facing the NYPD is an inability to keep senior police
officers and the job and to attract new ones. The solution
is to raise the top pay to a level competitive with the pay
offered by neighboring police departments,” the letter
said in part. |
| Jul. 5 |
A letter-to-the-editor by Pat Lynch appears in the Daily
News: “This
union has sounded the alarm for seven years that unless the
city pays a top salary competitive with other police departments,
it will continue to lose veterans and will not be able to attract
new officers to replace them,” the letter said in part. |
| Jul. 2 |
Pat Lynch’s photo appears in a Daily News editorial
criticizing him
for his touch stance in contract negotiations with the city. |
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June |
| Jun. 29 |
Pat Lynch’s photo and bio appear in a New
York Post article quoting
State Senate Democratic sources saying that they are considering
him as a candidate for the 11th District (Bayside) seat. Lynch
denies the report of conversations about running. |
| Jun. 26 |
Pat Lynch’s photo and quotes appear in The
Chief’s
article about how the passage of the latest disciplinary bill,
if signed by the governor, could help police unions block the
NYPD’s plan to fire their guns, resulting in injury or
death, to Breathalyzer tests: “We have addressed all
the concerns Governor Spitzer brought up in his veto message
about the earlier bill. It’s now time for the governor
to sign this legislation and correct the Court of Appeals decision,
which has resulted in police officers being treated differently
from all other public-sector employees in the state.” |
| Jun. 21 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a Daily
News editorial about the proposed sobriety
tests for police officers involved in shooting someone, calling
the proposal “unnecessary and excessive.” |
| Jun. 20 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in the New
York Times and Daily
News stories
about the possibility of the NYPD requiring sobriety tests
for officers who shoot someone: “The PBA will not allow
management to cast doubt on every shooting by subjecting a
police officer to a test for which there is no cause or justification.” |
| Jun. 19 |
Pat Lynch’s photo and positions appear in The
Chief,
in articles about
the PBA’s appeal to reverse an administrative law judge’s
decision making extended tours a prohibited subject of collective
bargaining. |
| Jun. 12 |
Pat Lynch’s photo and quotes appear on page one of
The Chief, in
an article about his testimony before the City Council on the
recruiting crisis” “This is the type of staffing
shortage that is seen citywide and, if allowed to persist,
will create a danger to city residents and to New York City
police officers. The PBA’s regular
monthly ad page also
appears in The Chief. |
| Jun. 10 |
A letter by Pat Lynch appears in the Daily
News’s “Voice
of the People.” |
| Jun. 9 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a Daily
News article about Mayor Bloomberg
saying cops aren’t so special and the city has “lots
of people who put their lives at risk.”: “You
can never pay police officers enough for the dangers they face.
What the city must do is to pay them enough to keep them patrolling
our streets and not fleeing for better-paying jobs in the suburbs.” |
| Jun. 8 |
NBC video:
Lynch argues low top pay is responsible for staffing crisis |
| Jun. 6 |
An NY1 video covers Nassau recruitment efforts in New York
City. |
| Jun. 5 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in the Daily
News and New
York Post articles
about his testimony before the City Council on the recruiting
crisis. Under the headline, “PBA sees peril in recruiting
shortfall,” Lynch is quoted: “The lack of cops
is so dire that at times only two or three police cars are
out patrolling the sprawling 111th Precinct in Queens. This
is the type of staffing shortage that is seen citywide and,
if allowed to persist, will create a danger to city residents
and to New York City police officers.” |
| Jun. 4 |
Fox-5, NBC, NY1, My9 videos:
Lynch testifies before the City Council on the NYPD's staffing
crisis |
| Jun. 3 |
Pat Lynch is quoted in a New
York Times “news analysis” article about
the “police hiring crisis”: “The problem
can be solved today if the mayor recognized the simple fact
that only competitive pay will keep the NYPD adequately staffed.” |
| Jun. 1 |
NBC and NY1:
videos: PBA sues for LOD injury for 9/11 responder |
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