Following a chaotic domestic violence arrest that left one Brooklyn cop shots in the foot, Pat Lynch calls for “the rest of the criminal justice system to do their job like the New York City police department has done ours.” See NY Daily News, News 12 Brooklyn, 1010 WINS Radio and WABC Radio.
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “This absurd hearing and offensive testimony are just more proof that the parole board and their pro-criminal allies in Albany don’t care about crime victims or the safety of law-abiding New Yorkers. This bill would stifle their voices and the voices of other crime victims.”
PBA President Pat Lynch is quoted on CBS 2 News, ABC 7 News and on Fox 5 News: "The folks in this room have gotten that dreadful knock, where they look out and see a chaplain, a police officer from our job, standing at the door, and you know what that means.”
In The NY Times, the PBA president’s quote: “Other communities are recognizing the talent and are poaching our members. If we pay our police officers a market rate of pay, they will stay here. We know that’s the answer because that’s what these other departments and jurisdictions are doing, with success.”
The PBA president’s quote: “This perp is living proof of the dangers of our broken justice system — especially the watered-down parole standards. Two people are dead and another injured because this violent recidivist was put back on the street.” See full article.
In stories in the Daily News and on WCBS 880 radio, Pat Lynch raised important caveats about the city’s new mental health plan. Read full statement here.
The PBA president is quoted on CBS 2 News and in the Daily News and the NY Post: “Like all New York City police officers, they are overworked and underpaid. They deserve a competitive salary that will reverse the current NYPD staffing emergency. Press conferences and mayoral proclamations will not stop cops from quitting in droves. If our city doesn’t immediately fix our low pay and brutal work schedule, there may not be a hero police officer available to help the next time a New Yorker is in distress in the subway.”
On Fox 5 News, Lynch says: "It would be yet another burden on the already underpaid and overworked cops who are quitting the NYPD in droves."
In an exclusive interview with ABC 7 News on the NYPD staffing crisis, Pat Lynch explains the financial reasons for the mass exodus of cops, calling the city’s approach “a band-aid on top of a bandage.”
Pat Lynch hits the airwaves to warn that NYPD is on track to lose 4,000 police officers by the end of the year — a 20-year high that can be traced to inferior salaries. See CNBC, News 12 Long Island, News 12 Bronx, WCBS-AM Radio, WABC Radio, and 1010 WINS Radio.
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Times, warning that allegations could harm a career and reputation even when baseless: “Cops on the street are getting squeezed between the city’s demand for proactive enforcement to address rising crime, and an activist C.C.R.B. that keeps expanding its own power, soliciting more complaints and pushing an anti-police narrative,” Mr. Lynch said in a statement on Monday.
Reported in the Daily News and Newsday, and on PIX 11 News, NBC 4 News, ABC 7 News, CBS 2 News, New York 1, Fox 5 News, WLNY, 1010 WINS Radio, WCBS Radio, and multiple radio stations across the country such as Green Bay, WI, Pat Lynch says Governor's, Mayor's, and Police Chief's new subway safety plan is unsustainable. "The NYPD is more than 1,000 cops below its budgeted headcount. We have 12.45% fewer rank-and-file cops permanently assigned to the subways than we did in 2020. The increased workload is crushing the cops who remain. The answer is not to squeeze them for more forced OT. It’s not to pass off responsibilities to the better-paid but smaller MTA Police Department. And it definitely isn’t replacing them with unarmed security guards. Our city must immediately boost pay and improve working conditions in order to recruit and retain enough police officers. That is the only way to provide real safety in the subway, rather than the illusion of ‘omnipresence.’”
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “The ranks of our Transit Bureau — the cops who know the system best — are seriously depleted. The NYPD is trying to cover that with forced overtime and by pulling cops from topside precincts, which are also severely understaffed. The NYPD is playing a shell game with its dwindling staffing and everyone is losing.”
The PBA president is quoted in SI live: “We salute Chief Corey on his rock-solid career as both a police officer and a leader of police officers. In every command he held, he was willing to engage with us, to have the debate and try to find solutions. And find them he did, for both cops and the city we serve. We wish him the best in his next chapter.”
The Daily News, 1010 WINS Radio and WOR Radio report on Pat Lynch ripping the ‘moron’ de Blasio-era City Hall staffer fired by Mayor Eric Adams for disparaging police officers.
In stories in am NY and on CBS 2 News and News 12 Bronx Pat Lynch accused CCRB of exploiting a tragic 2019 Bronx shooting in order to further its own agenda.
The PBA president is quoted in City and State: “With all the challenges facing New York City police officers, it has never been more important for our union to have a positive, productive relationship with the police commissioner. We are fortunate to have that relationship with Commissioner Sewell. Commissioner Sewell acknowledges these challenges, instead of trying to downplay them or explain them away. That alone is refreshing. But she goes further than that – she speaks up and explains to the public what police officers are going through.”
The PBA president is quoted in the NY Post: “She remains committed to a violent anti-police ideology and continues to baselessly smear police officers in her bid for a lighter sentence. She must receive the heaviest sentence the law allows.”
The PBA president is quoted in the Daily News: “I don’t understand why elected officials would put their anti-police ideology ahead of saving a life. Nearly every New York City police officer on patrol carries and is trained to use naloxone. We’ve used it to save lives almost 400 times in the last year alone.”
Click here to see letter from Pat Lynch.
Whether it’s one year or a century, New York City police officers do not forget our fallen. Today we joined Highway 2 members to honor the 100th anniversary of the line-of-duty death of Ptl. Frank S. Mondo, who was killed in a collision during a motorcycle pursuit. See photos on Facebook.
Find out details of the dramatically improved dental program.
Help our 32 Pct. brothers and sisters as they support the families of our fallen heroes. See details of t-shirt fundraiser organized by the command by clicking here.
The NYPD Office of Professional Development is pleased to announce that they have extended the deadline for the William H. Boyce Scholarship Lottery. This significant scholarship is available only to the children of police officers. Click here for details.
See PBA-recorded video of the view from 5th Avenue during the funeral of Police Officer Jason Rivera.
This weekend: Saturday, January 8. The exam is open to current 8th grade students who are the children or legal dependents of (active or retired) Emerald members in good standing (membership for past 5 years). If interested, please email EmeraldSocietyHSScholarship@gmail.com.