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June 7, 2003
For Immediate Release |
Contact: Albert O'Leary
212-298-9190
or Joseph Mancini
212-298-9150
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PATRICK J. LYNCH REELECTED PBA PRESIDENT
IN LANDSLIDE VICTORY
Patrick J. Lynch has been reelected as president of the New York
City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association in a landslide victory
taking 70 percent of the popular vote as tallied by the American
Arbitration Association. Also overwhelmingly reelected were the
other five top members of the PBA’s executive board: 1st vice
president John Puglissi; 2nd vice president Mubarak Abdul-Jabbar;
treasurer Joseph Alejandro; recording secretary Robert Zink and
city-wide trustee Brian Mooney.
Of the 11,929 ballots cast, 8,308 were cast for Lynch, the incumbent
in the race, with only 3,621 going to challenger, Thomas Barnett.
“I am pleased to have the overwhelming trust and confidence
of the hardest working and most courageous police officers in America,”
Lynch said. “New York is a tough town where its police officers
work harder and take greater risks than virtually any other city
in the United States. This PBA administration will continue to fight
hard to win the appropriate levels of compensation and respect for
our police officers who risk their lives everyday to keep New York
City safe and economically viable.”
Among the Lynch team’s successes during their first four-year
term in office are: saving the health and welfare funds from insolvency;
improving dental, optical and health benefits for active and retired
officers for the first time in decades: breaking the contract pattern
in a contract achieved through binding arbitration; winning significant
pension and legal victories: improving communication between the
PBA and its membership: establishing the PBA as the voice of New
York’s police officers through aggressive media relations.
Mr. Lynch was first elected as head of the nation’s most
powerful police union in a hotly contested race in 1999.
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