Posts tagged NYPD
PBA head Patrick Lynch won’t seek reelection after years at helm of NYPD’s biggest union
April 12, 2023 // Lynch, the longest-serving president of the city’s largest police union, announced his departure after hammering out a new contract between the PBA and the city last week. The PBA had been working without a contract for six years before the deal was reached. Under Lynch’s leadership, officers also turned their backs on de Blasio when he spoke at the fallen officers’ funerals, as well as at the funeral of Police Officer Miosotis Familia in 2017. Lynch made headlines — and ruffled a few political feathers — when he and the union endorsed former President Donald Trump for reelection in 2020. It was the first time in the union’s history that it formally backed a presidential candidate, he noted at the time.
Disgraced ex-NYPD union head Ed Mullins to plead guilty in federal case
January 19, 2023 // Mullins is accused of using union member dues to pay for hundreds of personal high-end meals as well as clothing, jewelry and home appliances, court records show. The feds alleged he even tapped SBA money to pay for a relative’s college education.
NYPD sergeants union members fear loose spending rules, indictment of president Ed Mullins will bring more
February 25, 2022 // Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News Thu, February 24, 2022, 7:34 PM·5 min read Loose expense reimbursement rules at the Sergeants Benevolent Association — detailed in the indictment of its longtime president, Ed Mullins — have many of its 12,600 members asking whether other union officials improperly spent union money.
Ex-NYPD Union President Ed Mullins Surrendering To Criminal Charges
February 23, 2022 //
Ex-NYPD union head used sergeants’ dues to fund ‘lavish lifestyle’: prosecutors
February 23, 2022 // Ed Mullins, 60, is accused of charging hundreds of personal high-end meals to the union since 2017 and using members’ dues to pay for jewelry, clothing and home appliances, according to federal officials.
Day after Eric Garner’s death, new deputy mayor Phil Banks partied in L.A. with cop briber and crooked jails union boss
January 17, 2022 // The chief of department and influential union leader were visiting their pal, Jona Rechnitz, who would later testify for federal prosecutors about a sprawling bribery scheme aimed at the highest levels of the NYPD and city power players.