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On Monday, the mayor received praise for adding $ 7.3 million to buy thousands of bulletproof vests for police officers, a longtime demand of police union leaders, with whom the mayor has clashed in incendiary fashion in recent weeks.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

At Saturday's protests in a freezing Warsaw, opposition leaders served hot tea to the police and some of the 5,000 demonstrators who held banners saying «Free media» and carried Polish and European Union flags.

King added it is important for the mayor to sit down with NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton and union leaders like Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, to make it clear — «not just as a matter of etiquette» — that he stands with the police officers.

Yesterday, the leader of the Washington D.C. police union told the Washington Post he's worried that police resources could be insufficient during Inauguration weekend because of extended hours for clubs, bars and restaurants.

Such a case occurred on Long Island in 2008, when leaders of the Suffolk County Conservative Party sniffed out that members of the local police union were switching their party enrollments in an attempt to bring about the defeat of a county sheriff who was seen as cooperating in an effort to downsize the department.

COLLEGE POINT — A two - hour meeting Tuesday between Mayor Bill de Blasio, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton and leaders of the five police unions, which have been sparring with City Hall about the administration's treatment of police officers, ended without a resolution, according to Patrolmen's Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch.

Off topic question topics included whether the mayor and his wife have smoked marijuana inside Gracie Mansion, a Daily News call for the mayor to «accept responsibility for inflaming the police», whether the mayor believes he should apologize for comments on the police, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction epolice», whether the mayor believes he should apologize for comments on the police, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction epolice, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction epolice friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction epolice disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction epolice slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction epolice officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction ePolice Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction epolice friction ending.

Police union leaders, who have been outspoken in their defense of the officers involved, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Just as police union leaders and their backers view Mr. de Blasio's desire to address the grievances of minorities who feel unfairly targeted by police as a thinly - disguised pretext to undermine law enforcement, they blamed Mr. Dinkins for undercutting police in an environment plagued with far more crime and unrest.

In the wake of the killings of Ramos and Officer Wenjian Liu by Brinsley, who later committed suicide, in Bed - Stuy on Saturday, police union leaders said de Blasio has «blood on his hands.»

During a private meeting with NYPD commissioner Bill Bratton and four other police union leaders on Wednesday, Michael Palladino, president of the Detectives Endowment Association, suggested former president Bill Clinton get involved in the fight.

While appealing to president Muhammadu Buhari to wade into the alleged barbaric acts of the military on the hapless students and lecturers, the union leader called for caution in using the military in a civil or students protest, stressing that the police which is constitutionally empowered should be used in civil matters to prevent loss of lives of the innocent future leaders.

Mullins is not the first police union leader to seek the intervention of a major politician in the rift with City Hall.

One police union leader who has been outwardly critical of Mayor Bill de Blasio says he will ask Governor Andrew Cuomo to intervene and help resolve the dispute.

Leaders of the city's police unions, who have accused Mayor Bill de Blasio of siding with protesters, say his leniency toward them laid the groundwork for Brinsley's rampage.

An internal memo obtained by the Daily News shows union leader Patrick Lynch has backed off his demand that Mayor de Blasio apologize for remarks he says show a lack of support for police.

The leaders of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Assn. and the Sergeants Benevolent Assn., two major police unions, accused Mayor Bill de Blasio of failing to provide the kind of leadership necessary to bolster public support for police and said his leniency toward protesters had laid the groundwork for Brinsley's rampage.

Since establishment of the Justice Center by the Cuomo administration, law enforcement and state labor union leaders say that group home workers are frequently turning to police to handle combative or emotionally disturbed people in their care.

De Blasio offered another defense of the NYPD while also taking a shot at the «rhetoric of union leaders» — one of whom suggested the possibility of a work slowdown by officers after fallout over the death of Eric Garner last month in police custody.

Emery has previously been criticized by police union leaders who long bristled at the role played by the CCRB, which investigates and sometimes prosecutes cases of alleged police misconduct.

The union leader and others have repeatedly slammed the mayor's police policies — part of Mr. de Blasio's efforts to bring police and community closer together — as endangering and insulting police.

The union leaders joined Katko for the endorsement announcement in front of the police memorial at Forman Park in Syracuse.

Richard Thomas was endorsed by the Mt. Vernon Police Benevolent Association, Mt. Vernon Firefighters Local 107, Yonkers Firefighters Local 628, New York City Uniform Firefighters Association, Utility Workers Union of America Local 1 - 2, and dozens of business leaders and organizations throughout Mt. Vernon and the greater region.

The leaders of the five police unions have been at odds with the mayor and police commissioner over what they see as a lack of support for officers during recent protests following the Eric Garner decision, the death of two detectives in Brooklyn and the wounding of two plainclothes officers in The Bronx.

During a closed - door meeting with Mayor Bill de Blasio last week, the city's police union leaders asked the mayor to denounce what they perceived as anti-police actions by City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, according to Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about NYS Senate Leader Dean Skelos, tasers in police departments across the state, and a stinky situation in Amsterdam.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said this afternoon he would not apologize to police union leaders and rank and file cops, despite calls from some top officials for the Democratic mayor to be contrite in the wake of a glaring rift between the NYPD and City Hall.

The leaders of the city's law enforcement unions met with Mayor Bill de Blasio and police commissioner Bill Bratton on Tuesday for nearly two and a half hours at the police training academy in College Point, Queens, but none of the officials provided much detail about the meeting.

Police commissioner Bill Bratton — who met with Mayor Bill de Blasio and the leaders of law enforcement unions this afternoon — did not attend the news conference, though he was initially scheduled to host it.

CROWN HEIGHTS — One day after Police Commissioner Bill Bratton shared «strong concerns» over the videotaped arrest of a uniformed postal worker in Crown Heights, the leader of the city's largest police union is telling him to reserve judgement «until all the facts are in.&Police Commissioner Bill Bratton shared «strong concerns» over the videotaped arrest of a uniformed postal worker in Crown Heights, the leader of the city's largest police union is telling him to reserve judgement «until all the facts are in.&police union is telling him to reserve judgement «until all the facts are in.»

Union leaders have accused de Blasio of not being sufficiently supportive of police, and have said the drop - off in enforcement activity was due to low morale, a large number of protests throughout the city, and increased safety precautions following the killing of two officers in Brooklyn on December 20.

The leader of one of the city's five police unions said today that Mayor Bill de Blasio, at odds with the NYPD for several months now, will not acknowledge that there's even a rift between the two parties.

Portraying those jockeying for position in a post-Stalin Soviet Union are: Steve Buscemi («Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer») as former Moscow Party Chairman Nikita Khrushchev; Simon Russell Beale («The Legend of Tarzan») as Lavrenti Beria, Stalin's stern Chief of Police; Michael Palin («Fierce Creatures») as Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov; Jason Isaacs («The Infiltrator») as Field Marshal Georgy Zhukov, and Jeffrey Tambor («The Accountant») who tackles the role of Stalin's neurotic deputy leader, Georgy Malenkov (in case you're wondering, The Death of Stalin was made before the allegations of sexual misconduct arose for Tambor).

Meanwhile a video released last month by the American Civil Liberties Union showing a Kenton County, Ky., school police officer handcuffing an eight - year - old kid in special ed once again cast light on how American public education has escalated overuse of harsh discipline by using law enforcement to deal with behavioral issues that should be handled by teachers and school leaders.

The Union leader reported: «HAMPSTEAD — Police say they have no plans to bring charges against a Derry teen whose Jeep struck and killed a woman when she got out of her car to make a call after sliding off Stage Road in a snowstorm Tuesday night.