The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “This absurd decision should outrage every New Yorker who wants to get illegal guns off our streets. There is no dispute that this individual was caught carrying an illegal gun for the second time. If perps like this face absolutely no consequences, even after shooting a cop, we have to ask: why bother sending us out to get the guns at all?”
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News, Newsday, amNY, CBS 2 News, Fox 5 News, PIX 11 News, NBC 4 News, New York 1, WABC Radio, WINS Radio, WOR Radio, and WWRL: “We are reviewing our legal options. However, our city leaders need to realize that this ruling deals a direct blow to our fight against the violence that is tearing our city apart.” Lynch called the city law “ill-conceived” and said it “makes it virtually impossible for police officers to safely and legally take violent criminals into custody — the very job that New Yorkers are urgently asking us to do.”
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News: “There is absolutely no justification for lowballing the sentence for an anti-police terrorist attack. It’s bad enough that these dangerous criminals have been allowed to sit at home for the past two years. Handing them a below-guidelines sentence would give a green light to other anti-police radicals who seek to advance their cause through violence. The judge must reject this request.”
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News, Politico, News 12 Brooklyn, New York 1 and The Gothamist: “CCRB has nothing new to add to Isaacs’ case, which has already been fully investigated and adjudicated by the NYPD. The police officer was also acquitted by a Brooklyn jury. CCRB is simply looking for a third bite at the apple in order to justify their bloated budget and advance their anti-cop agenda.”
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News, NY Post, PIX 11 News, NBC 4 News, CBS 2 News, ABC 7 News, WNYC Radio, WOR Radio, and WABC Radio: ”New York City police officers did not ask for NYPD-issued smartphones — we were ordered to carry and use them. We are now required to document every minute of our tour on these phones. Every form we are required to fill out and every alert we receive comes through the phone. If there’s a problem with cops using the phone on duty, NYPD management should change the policies and go back to pen and paper.”
Pat Lynch points out that phone use is mandated by department. See Fox 5 News, WINS radio, and CBS radio.
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The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “This murderous drug-lord and cop-killer must not move even an inch closer to freedom. Our hero brother Police Officer Edward Byrne sacrificed his life to rid our city of Nichols and his gang.” Nichols was released to federal custody where charges run through 2026.
Reported in the NY Post, the PBA president spoke at a rally with victims of crimes against police officers as well as the public, demanding changes in Albany to the bail laws.
The amended complaint is quoted in the NY Post: “If vaccine mandates are driven by public health as [NYC officials] claim, then the same changed circumstances (high vaccination rates across the City and steadily declining COVID-19 metrics) that [city officials] relied on to lift the mandate for some, including rich and famous workers, also require that the Vaccine Mandate, Guidance and Termination Requirement be lifted for the men and women in the NYPD who have worked to protect this City throughout the pandemic. Respondents cannot rationally draw public health lines based on an individual’s perceived fame.”
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post and the Daily News: “Every moment he spends free is not only an insult to our hero brother and his family — it is a real danger for New Yorkers.”
The PBA president is quoted in Newsday, and on PIX 11 News, News 12 Long Island and ABC radio. "We cannot pollute the minds of the next generation thinking it's okay if you kill, call yourself a political prisoner — you’re a murderer."
The PBA president is quoted in pix11.com and CBS 2 News. “Despite CCRB’s attempts to substantiate cases on the flimsiest of evidence, the vast majority of complaints they investigate don’t result in a finding of misconduct. Meanwhile, almost none of the violent agitators who injured nearly 400 police officers during the protests have been identified or held accountable.”
The PBA president is quoted on the Mayor's decision to allow performers not to vaccinate in the Daily News, Post, Washington Times, SI Live, Gothamist, New York Magazine, and on New York 1, PIX 11 news, Fox 5 News, News 12 Long Island, CNBC, WINS Radio, and WOR Radio
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The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “In all pension fund matters, we have a fiduciary responsibility to act in the best interests of the fund’s members. This divestment was necessary in order to protect those interests. Apart from the matter of pension investments, the PBA stands with the people of Ukraine against this unprovoked attack. We join our members of Ukrainian heritage in praying for the safety of their friends and family in the conflict zone. We hope for peace as soon as possible, and we pray that the forces of freedom will prevail.”
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The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News: “He’s happy. He’s been happy since he got here when he got the word that he will be okay. He went through a number of surgeries and he’s a strong young person.” Lynch was also quoted on crime on New York 1, ABC radio, CBS radio, and WINS.
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “We’re glad that a cop-shooter is back off the street, but this revolving door for a repeat gun offender makes no sense whatsoever. It should be clear to every New Yorker that our justice system is broken in many places. Our lawmakers need to prioritize fixing it above everything else.”
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News: “This is why our streets have gotten out of control. Our legislators are busy boosting anti-cop hate online when they should be fixing the laws that they broke.”
Fox 5 News and PIX 11 News carried Pat Lynch's full eulogy for P.O. Wilbert Mora at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Lynch once again goes to a hospital as another officer is shot while off-duty. Covered on News 12, WINS and CBS radio.
See PBA-recorded video of the view from 5th Avenue during the funeral of Police Officer Jason Rivera.
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “New Yorkers turned out by the thousands yesterday to help us honor our fallen brother. One person spreading hate cannot erase that. This kind of garbage has polluted the conversation for far too long. We need the New Yorkers who are standing with us to speak up and push back.”
The PBA president is quoted in the The Chief: “…as we sit here today and we hear the speakers and we speak to his family, we now know he's not a hero because of the way he died as a hero but because of the way he lived. He’s a hero not because he had a shield in his pocket but because he had a shield in his soul.”
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “If anybody wants to know why we have a crisis of violence in this city, or why we’re about to bury two hero police officers, look no further than this disgraceful bail release. This individual chose to carry illegal guns twice. He chose to fight with and shoot a New York City police officer. There’s no reason to believe he won’t do the exact same thing when he’s out on the street tonight.”
The PBA president is quoted in The Chief, saying that while there were numerous ways to address “waste and inefficiency” within the department, those should not entail “a ‘stealth defunding’ under the guise of civilianization that undermines NYPD operations and our public safety mission."
The PBA president is seen, heard, and quoted on WCBS Radio, WABC Radio, Fox 5 News, ABC 7 News, CBS 2 News, and PIX 11 News.
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News, Post, Newsday, AM New York and on 1010 WINS Radio: “True heroes never die. Our brother Police Officer Wilbert Mora has left us, but he will live on in the heart of every New York City police officer from this day forward.”
The PBA president is quoted in Newsday: "In addition to the measures proposed today, we need an immediate rollback of the entire policy regime that penalizes police officers for proactively confronting lawbreakers, and we need more resources to relieve the outstretched cops on the front lines."
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “Perps have always had access to illegal guns. That part isn’t new. The difference now is that criminals are carrying more firepower and using it more frequently, because the message on the street is that there are no consequences if they get caught. Last night [Friday night] that message cost a hero police officer his life. It has to change, immediately.” See more coverage of the reaction to the murder on News 12 and WINS.
The PBA president is quoted in ABC 7 News, CBS 2 News, New York 1, News 12 Brooklyn, 1010 WINS Radio, WWRL radio, and The Chief: “Our hearts are broken. We’re in shock. Our knees are buckling. And we’re angry, because we’ve been here before; we’re angry because we saw it coming; we’re angry because we said it would happen, and it happened again.”
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post and on PIX 11 News: “There is absolutely no justification and no excuse for setting bail in this case. This individual was previously arrested for carrying an illegal gun. Then he violated his probation, carried another gun and shot a cop.”
At the hospital where an injured officer was treated, Lynch calls for laws to allow the police to do their job. See his full comments on New York 1. The press conference was also covered on WINS radio.
The NY Post and WINS news radio cover Pat Lynch's call to get "common-sense solutions ... up and running ASAP.” See full press release.
Pat Lynch tells local TV news station PIX 11 that DA Bragg's policy not to prosecute and reduce prison time for certain offenses "sends the wrong message."
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post, Daily News, Newsday, Gothamist, NBC 4 News, Fox 5 News, CBS 2 News, New York 1, and NewsNation: "Police officers don’t want to be sent out to enforce laws that the district attorneys won’t prosecute. And there are already too many people who believe that they can commit crimes, resist arrest, interfere with police officers and face zero consequences."
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