It would seem that a challenge to Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch’s upcoming bid for a fifth term could gain some traction, as was suggested by tabloid coverage of last week’s raucous delegate meeting and was flatly stated by Juan Gonzalez, the estimable Daily News columnist.
Start with Mr. Lynch’s overwrought crusade against Mayor de Blasio, and the likelihood that his increasingly minority membership may not be as enthused with its tone as the back-turners in the 23,000-member union, as evidenced by the low rate of return for a PBA form letter soliciting members to state they didn’t want the Mayor or City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito speaking at their funerals.
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