See update from Pat Lynch.
On 1010 WINS, Pat Lynch says "Our justice and mental health systems are dangerously broken" in response to the unprovoked attack on a police officer with a bottle.
Pat Lynch explains why officers arrested man in subway on Fox5 News, NBC4 News, CBS radio, WOR radio, and WINS radio. See full press release.
Pat Lynch agrees with judge on denying bail to PO Tsakos's killer. See ABC 7 News, PIX 11 News, and New York 1.
Lynch says "welcome news" to the judge's decision to axe the entire law. Covered on WCBS radio, WINS radio, and WOR radio.
See New York 1 where Lynch says we are "grateful our brother is OK, but don't say 'he's lucky.' Criminals just don't fear consequences any more — because there aren't any."
CBS 2 News, PIX 11 News, News 12 Brooklyn and 1010 WINS Radio covered the death of the retired cop. Our tweet: "Hearts full of sorrow & anger after the murder of Thomas Marrinan, a retired PBA Delegate, in Brooklyn tonight. Even in retirement, he was doing what cops do — protecting the vulnerable & defending his community from criminals who grow bolder every single day."
In a statement covered in the NY Post and on NBC 4 News and WABC Radio, Pat Lynch said "Criminals know that the politicians are all talk. They know there are no real consequences for their vicious anti-Asian hate, even when it’s directed at a police officer." See full statement here.
PBA President Pat Lynch is quoted in the Daily News: “David Weprin has the expertise and experience to steer our city through the challenging financial waters ahead. He knows that nothing in this city works without public safety, and he will work with police officers — not against us — to achieve it. That’s why we’re proud to endorse him.”
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News: “Liz Crotty understands that we can’t restore safety to the streets of Manhattan by cutting cops out of the equation.”
On April 27, 2021 Highway Patrolman Anastasios Tsakos, assigned to Highway 3 was struck and killed while working the scene of a previous vehicle collision. He leaves behind a wife and two children, ages 6 and 3. In an effort to help his family, Highway 3 is releasing this memorial T-shirt where all proceeds raised will go directly to his family. Click here to see details of the shirt, and how to buy it.
Pat Lynch talks to CBS 2 News about the impact of the "Defund the Police" movement on police officers and public safety in New York City.
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post, Daily News, Newsday, and on New York 1, Fox 5 News, ABC 7 News, News 12 Long Island, NBC 4 News, 1010 WINS Radio, and WCBS Radio, : “She doesn't look evil but her actions created evil. She has to answer for what she’s done. She has to pay for the consequences that those hateful words and those evil actions caused to a police officer and his family. ”
The PBA president is interviewed on 1010 WINS Radio, and quoted on New York 1, NBC 4 News, PIX 11 News, News 12 Brooklyn, WCBS Radio, and in the NY Post, Daily News, and Newsday: “Is anyone surprised? This perp dragged a hero New York City police officer behind a stolen car, paralyzing him. He had an extensive criminal record before that. And yet we had a judge and elected officials who thought he should be given yet another chance and put right back on the street.”
The PBA president is quoted on NBC 4 News, ABC 7 News, Fox 5 News, New York 1, WABC Radio, WNYC Radio, and WINS Radio, and in the NY Post, Newsday, Politico, and Gothamist: “This sweeping proposal would make it impossible for police officers to determine whether or not we are permitted to use force in a given situation. The only reasonable solution will be to avoid confrontations where force might become necessary. Meanwhile, violent criminals certainly aren't hesitating to use force against police officers or our communities. The bottom line: more cops and more regular New Yorkers are going to get hurt." The story was also covered on stations all over the country, such as KSAZ in Phoenix AZ, WNIS in Norfolk VA, WTIC in Hartford CT, and WENY in Elmira, NY.
The PBA president is quoted in the Chief-Leader: “We fully support the NYPD’s attempt to recruit from the diverse communities we serve. Our neighborhoods are full of the talented, motivated recruits we need. But New York City’s best and brightest also know they could have more money and less stress doing another job—even another policing job.”
Pat Lynch is quoted in the Chief-Leader: “We’re doing our jobs. We’re confronting criminals and making arrests, but the violence keeps rising,” he says, adding that the NYPD is losing “the best officers” to better paying departments.
Speaking as Officer Brian McGurran was released from Kings County Hospital after being shot by a known gang member, Pat Lynch said "It's not a coincidence that shootings are up directly since they changed the laws that allow us to do our jobs." See reports on News 12 Long Island, WABC radio, and WCBS radio.
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “CCRB had proved once again that it will bend every rule and defy every safeguard in its quest to hijack and dismantle the NYPD.”
Every print outlet, TV and radio channel covered the funeral of PO Anastasios Tsakos as NYPD officers lined the streets of Northport, Long Island. "Every officer knows it could happen to them," said Pat Lynch. See NBC 4 News.
The PBA president is quoted in the Washington Examiner: "This is the violent behavior that their anti-police rhetoric has inspired," Lynch said after a driver in New York City splashed an officer with a caustic chemical and then hurled a lit Molotov cocktail at another officer after being pulled over. “Until politicians stop encouraging hatred and violence towards police officers, we must be prepared to face such attacks at all times, both on duty and off duty.”
Pat Lynch speaks at the arraignment of the driver who struck and killed P.O. Anastasios Tsakos. Covered on NBC 4 News, PIX 11 News, New York 1, News 12 Long Island, WOR Radio and WABC Radio.
At the hospital where PO Anastasios Tsakos died, Pat Lynch said of the fallen officer: "He was a cop's cop, and he was a good guy." See coverage of the press conference on ABC 7 News, CBS 2 News, NBC 4 News, PIX 11 News, New York 1, 1010 WINS Radio and WCBS Radio.
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “The Mayor and City Council are absolutely trying to abolish the police. They’ve kept our pay absurdly low. They’ve ratcheted up our exposure to lawsuits. They’ve demonized us at every opportunity. And they’ve taken away the tools we need to do the job we all signed up for, which is to keep our communities safe.”
On Fox 5 News and in the Daily News, Pat Lynch says jury made correct decision in Chauvin case, but now it's time for an honest discussion on policing and public safety. See press release.
“Now it’s time for an honest discussion of policing and public safety that begins with the real challenges we face on our streets
The PBA announces a joint endorsement with the DEA, SBA and LBA of Sal Albanese for City Council on Staten Island.
The PBA president is quoted on CBS 2 News and in the NY Post and the Washington Examiner: "Make no mistake: this is the environment that our elected officials have created. This is the violent behavior that their anti-police rhetoric has inspired. Until politicians stop encouraging hatred and violence towards police officers, we must be prepared to face such attacks AT ALL TIMES, both on and off duty.” Remain alert and back each other up."
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post, Daily News, and abc7ny.com: "This was yet another brazen crime of the kind that has been happening to families all across the city. But this time, it happened to the family of our fallen hero. P.O. Wenjian Liu gave his life protecting all New Yorkers from victimization and fear. To honor his legacy, we can't let our city keep sliding backward.”
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “It’s outrageous and despicable. Not only did this cop-killer get paroled, but now he gets a seat at the table to help dismantle a police department. Did anybody expect him to be fair and open-minded in his review? The entire process has trampled on the ideals that police officers like Robert Walsh upheld.” Also covered on WOR radio.
NY Post, NBC 4, and WOR radio cover the Brooklyn attack on an officer's personal vehicle. Pat Lynch reminds all officers — once again — to check their vehicles constantly. "We are working in an extremely dangerous environment right now, and need to remain alert."
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News, the Chief, CNN, New York 1, News 12 Brooklyn, 1010 WINS Radio, and WCBS-AM Radio: “New Yorkers are getting shot and police officers are out on the street, all day and all night, trying to stop the bloodshed,” Lynch said. “Where are these City Council members? Safe at home, hiding behind their screens and dreaming up new ways to give criminals a free pass. It won’t get better unless New Yorkers shame the politicians into doing their job.”
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Times: "Heaping blame on police departments while ignoring the criminals who used protests as cover for planned and coordinated violence almost guarantees a repeat of the chaos we saw last summer."
The PBA president is quoted on New York 1, CBS 2 News, Fox 5 News, NBC 4 News, WINS radio, and in the Daily News: “Our cops on the street warned us that it was happening. We warned the politicians that this won’t work. Violence will rise. And it has.”
The PBA president is quoted on NBC 4 TV, CBS 2 TV, ABC 7 TV, New York 1, CBS radio, and in the Daily News and the Chief-Leader, saying cops need to be paid a “fair market wage.” He added: “Our public sector union brothers and sisters should be very concerned about the mayor’s plan to tamper with civil service laws that protect most city and state workers.” he said. “If police officers can be suspended indefinitely without due process and stripped of their pensions, why not teachers or nurses?”
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News: “New York City police officers are already laboring under a two-decade-deep pile of supposed ‘reforms’ that do nothing to help us keep New Yorkers safe. Most of the proposals in Mayor de Blasio’s latest report can be thrown on that pile.”
The PBA president is quoted in the Chief-Leader: “They sent police officers out with nothing but mixed messages and no support, then tried to blame us for their failures. We have zero confidence that the city will provide that perspective or adequately represent police officers’ rights. That’s why it’s important for the PBA to join as a party to these suits.”
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News: “There is absolutely no reason that these convicted cop-killers should be put back on the street. The family of hero P.O. Charles Davis is devastated by the possibility that nobody will be held accountable for his murder.”
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News, ABC7 TV and News 12 Long Island: “This video is chilling and difficult to watch. But it makes one thing clear — police officers Wells and Murphy saved their lives. They saved the lives of that domestic violence victim and her children, and they saved each other’s lives — all because they had the training, skill and courage of New York City police officers.”
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post and the Daily News: “We have zero confidence that the city will provide that perspective or adequately represent police officers’ rights. That’s why it’s important for the PBA to join as a party to these suits.”
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “It’s bad enough that this hero family has to live in fear of what might happen when P.O. Ryman’s killers hit the streets. But to swallow that fear while they watch their father’s sacrifice be devalued and disrespected by the state of New York — that is cruel and unusual punishment,” Lynch said.
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post, Daily News, NBC 4 TV and WINS radio: “After a week of outcry over the chaos in the subway, these cops were doing exactly what was asked of them: enforcing the transit system rules. For their efforts, they were spat on, attacked, thrown down a flight of stairs, and one police officer nearly had his ear ripped off. None of that assault was shown in the partial video circulating online, because the pro-criminal crowd doesn’t want you to know how truly dangerous the subways have become — even for police officers.”
The PBA president is quoted in Newsday: "We can’t talk about changing the NYPD residency requirements without talking about police officers’ pay … Requiring them to live in the city and shoulder its sky-high cost of living on a below-market salary will hurt NYPD recruitment efforts, not improve them."
The PBA president is quoted in The Chief: “The unfettered release of police personnel records will allow unstable people to target police officers and our families for harassment or worse,” Mr. Lynch said following Legislators’ votes in June. “A dangerous cop-hater only needs a police officer's name, linked to a few false or frivolous complaints, to be inspired to commit violence.”
On WABC radio, Pat Lynch covers topics from crime and mental health issues to what constitutes leadership.
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News calling her “yet another ideologue peddling the false choice between caring for our communities and keeping them safe.” See full press release.
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News, Staten Island Advance, CBS 2 News, and 1010 WINS Radio: “Police officers want to see fairness and consistency in the NYPD disciplinary process. Mayor de Blasio’s use of the NYPD disciplinary matrix as a political prop is the direct opposite of that goal. Rather than allowing police discipline to follow the facts, he is chasing the news cycle and, once again, making it harder for cops to do our job.”
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “After eight years as a citywide elected official, it’s amazing how little Comptroller Stringer knows about the nature of crime and violence on our streets. It’s not the plan our city needs to stop the current bloodshed.”
The PBA president is quoted in City Limits: “Every pension fund trustee has a fiduciary responsibility to act in the best interest of the fund beneficiaries for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits. Simply put, the money in the pension fund does not belong to us, nor to the comptroller, nor to the mayor. It belongs to the active and retired police officers who have worked and sacrificed to earn their pensions. Our views on any social or political issue cannot enter into the equation. The same is true for the elected officials who sit on the board."
As wounded officer Daniel Vargas leaves the hospital, giving a thumbs up to cheering cops, Pat Lynch asks, "Why do perps feel so bold that they can carry that weapon with impunity and, more importantly, to use it?” Covered on ABC 7 News, News 12 The Bronx, and WABC Radio.
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News and the NY Times, and on Fox 5 News, NBC 4 News, New York 1, PIX 11 News, WABC Radio, WCBS Radio, and 1010 WINS Radio : “Policing is simple. Good guys and bad guys. We’re the good guys that go after the bad guys.… It seems like people are getting numb to the fact that cops are getting shot.”
The NY Post quotes PBA President Pat Lynch: “We can’t talk about changing the NYPD residency requirements without talking about police officers’ pay. Requiring them to live in the city and shoulder its sky-high cost of living on a below-market salary will hurt recruitment efforts, not improve them.”
The Daily News and WINS report on proposal to equip officers with Tasers. “Cops need less-lethal force options to keep violent encounters from spiraling out of control, but politicians keep stripping those tools away ... Tasers are the one tool the [City Council] has embraced," said Lynch.
The PBA president is quoted by the NY Post, Daily News and Newsday: “Police Officer Isaacs has already been acquitted by a jury of his peers and cleared by the NYPD Force Investigation Division. This attempt to take a third bite at the apple has nothing to do with justice. We’re confident that another impartial review of the facts will clear him once again.” See full statement.
News 12 The Bronx reports on an addition to police offers' duties: vaccinations. See more pictures on the PBA's Twitter account.
The PBA president tells Fox 5 NY News: "It's no surprise that New York City police officers are coming in on their days off to vaccinate our communities. Whenever New Yorkers’ need help and City Hall can’t figure out another solution, the responsibility lands on us. We step up, we get the job done right and we help people — that's what cops do." See full press release.
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “Gov. Cuomo acknowledged that police officers did not create New York City’s policing policies — City Hall and 1 Police Plaza did. He acknowledged that those policies are not only driving a wedge between cops and our communities — they are preventing us from keeping those communities safe.”
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post, Daily News, NY Times, The Chief, Politico, Fox 5 News, NBC 4 News, News 12 Long Island, News 12 Westchester, WMBC TV, NewsNation, New York 1, PIX 11 TV, WCBS radio, 1010 WINS radio, and NPR radio: “We will say it again: what we witnessed in June was a failure of New York City's leadership. They sent cops out to police unprecedented protests and violent riots with no plan, no strategy and no support.”
The NY Post quotes the PBA president: “It’s absurd to keep police officers waiting for the vaccine while there are unused doses available,” PBA President Patrick Lynch said. “If others have passed up the opportunity, let us take it.”
The PBA president, noting that officers work side-by-side with health care workers in handling people infected with Covid-19, is quoted in articles in Newsday and SI Live and on CBS 2 News, 1010 WINS news, and CBS radio news: "When we respond to emergency scenes or hospital wards," he said, "we need the same vaccine protection."