NYC PBA president Patrick J. Lynch said in reaction to a pro-stadium
protest outside of Madison Square Garden:
“While we understand and respect the position of our fellow
trade unionists, we believe that not all construction is good
construction and that the West Side stadium is the wrong idea
at the wrong time. The PBA strongly supports the expansion of
the Javits Center which would create jobs and boost the city’s
economy but we strongly oppose Bloomberg’s scheme to spend
a minimum of $600 million of our tax dollars to build a football
stadium in a location that defies logic. This ill-conceived plan
is distracting from New York’s real priorities of fighting
terrorism and maintaining public safety. The city should be investing
money in its police department and paying its police officers
a competitive salary to keep fully trained and experienced officers
on the job so that we can protect this city at the most dangerous
time in our history.”
