SERGEANTS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
GoFundMe for Daughter of 9/11 LOD Sgt. Timothy Roy
Dear Fellow Sergeant,
A GoFundMe account has been established for Police Officer Brittney Roy of the Clearwater Police Department in Florida, whose home was severely damaged by Hurricane Helene.
Brittney is the daughter of Sgt. Timothy Roy of the Traffic Control Unit, who was killed in the line of duty while responding to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Brittney was just 7 years old at the time of her father’s passing.
Brittney and her family have been involved in many union activities over the years and are cherished members of the SBA family.
It would be greatly appreciated if you could assist Brittney during this challenging time.
For more information or to donate, click on the link below:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-brittney-rebuild-after-hurricane-hellene
Fraternally,
Vincent J. Vallelong
President
Sergeants Benevolent Association
Correcting Pay Disparity: Interview with Vincent J. Vallelong on the The Arthur Aidala Power Hour
Correcting Pay Disparity:
Interview with Vincent J. Vallelong on the
The Arthur Aidala Power Hour
Correcting Pay Disparity for NYPD Sergeants Now is an Investment in the Future of Public Safety:
Correcting Pay Disparity for
NYPD Sergeants Now is an Investment in the
Future of Public Safety:
NYPD Sergeants are essential, frontline police supervisors, taking on more responsibilities than ever before. We risk our lives every day to serve and protect our city.
Right now, approximately 1,200 NYPD Sergeants are earning far less than the police officers they supervise, due to 25 years of attrition bargaining tactics by the New York City Office of Labor Relations. While the SBA has proposed meaningful solutions to fix this pay disparity, the New York City Office of Labor Relations, led by Commissioner Renee Campion, continues to turn their back on us, racking up a $150 million price tag for NYC taxpayers and undermining the future leadership of the NYPD.
We are fighting for a fair and permanent solution that reflects the increasing demands and responsibilities of NYPD Sergeants who keep our city safe 24/7.
Please Join Our Fight! Sign the petition below and Tell City Hall and OLR Commissioner Campion to put public safety first and fix the pay disparity for NYPD Sergeants NOW!
NYPD Sergeants are essential, frontline police supervisors, taking on more responsibilities than ever before. We risk our lives every day to serve and protect our city.
Right now, approximately 1,200 NYPD Sergeants are earning far less than the police officers they supervise, due to 25 years of attrition bargaining tactics by the New York City Office of Labor Relations. While the SBA has proposed meaningful solutions to fix this pay disparity, the New York City Office of Labor Relations, led by Commissioner Renee Campion, continues to turn their back on us, racking up a $150 million price tag for NYC taxpayers and undermining the future leadership of the NYPD.
We are fighting for a fair and permanent solution that reflects the increasing demands and responsibilities of NYPD Sergeants who keep our city safe 24/7.
Please Join Our Fight! Click the link below and tell Mayor Adams & Commissioner Campion to treat NYPD Sergeants with the respect they deserve and invest in the future of public safety.
The Chief-Leader: Sergeants union, city at odds over pay scale
Dear Fellow Sergeant,
An informative article pertaining to the SBA has been published in this week’s The Chief-Leader newspaper.
The article chronicles the SBA’s ongoing efforts with the Office of Labor Relations to permanently correct the “compression issue” that has resulted in egregious and unacceptable pay disparities within our ranks.
Please click below to read the article and thank you for your continued support in this extremely frustrating matter that we are determined to rectify once and for all.
Fraternally,
Vincent J. Vallelong
President
Sergeants Benevolent Association
Op-Ed on SBA Pay Disparity in Today’s amNY Metro
Dear Fellow Sergeant,
An Op—Ed piece that I wrote has been published in today’s edition of amNY Metro.
The piece addresses our ongoing efforts with the Office of Labor Relations to permanently correct the “compression issue” that has resulted in egregious pay disparities within our ranks.
Please click below to read the Op-Ed and thank you for your ongoing support in this extremely frustrating matter that we are determined to rectify once and for all.
Fraternally,
Vincent J. Vallelong
President
Sergeants Benevolent Association
Hochul, Adams plan to boost cops, surveillance in NYC subways to fight skyrocketing crime
By Valentina Jaramillo and Rich Calder | October 22, 2022 | 3:21pm | Updated
Gov. Hochul and Mayor Adams said they’d be adding 1,000 more cops to the subways.
Daniel William McKnight
Gov. Hochul and Mayor Adams said Saturday they will flood the city’s crime-ravaged subway system with more cops and ramp up the installation of additional surveillance cameras.
Their “Cops, Cameras, Care” initiative — announced Saturday at Grand Central Terminal just over two weeks before Hochul tries to retain her seat on Election Day – includes the state-run MTA Police Department and the NYPD joining forces to add 1,200 extra overtime shifts daily to watch over the subway system.
This, they said, would translate into about 10,000 extra hours of cops patrolling subways and that New Yorkers would soon see officers covering subway platforms on extended tours daily in at least 300 stations during peak hours.
“I will continue to use the resources of the State of New York to bring this violence to an end,” said Hochul, who failed to provide any cost estimates or say when much of the plan would be rolled out.
Instead, she said the state would help the city “defray” overtime costs through its public emergency safety fund “in the short term” and then look for dedicated sources to pay for the extra police presence moving ahead.
“The bottom line is that riders will see more officers in the system, and so will those thinking of breaking the law,” Adams said.
Hochul and Adams also said they’d be creating new 25-bed inpatient units at two psychiatric centers to help get seriously mentally ill people who are homeless out of the subway system and to shelter. The first will launch Nov. 1 at Manhattan Psychiatric Center.
MTA police, NYPD cops and other first responders will also receive training on how best to transport the mentally ill from subways to psychiatric care, they said.
Adams previously downplayed the city’s increase in violent subway crime in a TV interview.
The additions include two new dedicated units at psychiatric centers to help provide people with serious mental health issues with assistance.
Christopher Sadowski
The additions include two new dedicated units at psychiatric centers to help provide people with serious mental health issues with assistance.
Christopher Sadowski
Plans announced last month by Hochul to equip each of the MTA’s roughly 6,500 subway cars with a pair of surveillance cameras over the next three years is moving ahead of schedule, and are now expected to be completed by late 2024, she said. About 200 new cameras have already been installed.
Police Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch ripped the initiative as “unsustainable” because the NYPD is already has 12.4% less cops working the subways than it did in 2020.
“The answer is not to squeeze them for more forced OT,” he said.
The city is already hundreds of millions of dollars over its NYPD overtime budget.
The scene where a teen was fatally stabbed inside the 1 train station on Broadway and West 137th Street over the summer.
Christopher Sadowski
The scene of a fatal stabbing at the 34th Street subway station.
Christopher Sadowski
Vincent Vallelong, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, questioned the plan, too.
“Cameras will not deter crime,” he said. “There will still be a victim and the laws they have put and kept in place unwilling to change are the reason we are at this juncture.
“Politics should never compromise new safety and security of our families.”
The governor and mayor made their announcement two days after Adams used a CNN interview to downplay the city’s increase in violent subway crime — and blamed the news media for creating a false “perception” that the situation underground is out of control.
Adams took his dismissive tone about mayhem in the subways — where violent crime this year through August was up 39% compared to 2019 — a day after the city’s ninth train-system homicide of the year occurred in Queens.
Earlier Saturday, Adams kicked off his two-day major summit aimed at tackling the Big Apple’s surging crime problem.
He met for roughly four hours behind closed doors at Gracie Mansion with district attorneys, defense lawyers and other major stakeholders, who didn’t bring up the topic of bail reform, sources said. At the joint presser with Hochul, Adams dismissed it as the main driver of spiraling crime and recidivism, as critics have said.
“Everyone wants to point one word to dealing with the criminal justice issue. We have bail reform, bail reform, bail reform. No, it’s more than that,” he said.
Additional reporting by Larry Celona
Vincent Vallelong Appeared on The Joe Piscopo Show | February 2, 2022
Vincent Vallelong appeared The Joe Piscopo Show to discuss the funeral service for Police Officer Wilbert Mora.
Vincent Vallelong Appeared on Fox New York | February 1, 2022
Fox New York | Good Day New York | February 1, 2022 | 7:25 AM EST
Vinny Vallelong, President of the Sergeant Benevolent Association, talks about the possible firings amid the vaccine mandate and its impact on the city’s spike in crime.
Vincent Vallelong Appeared on Fox 5 New York | January 20, 2022
Fox New York | Fox News | January 20, 2022 | 10:10PM EST
Vincent Vallelong discusses the three NYPD officers shot in the line of duty.
Vincent Vallelong Appeared on Fox New York | Good Day New York | January 12, 2022
Vincent Vallelong discusses Manhattan DA’s new prosecution policy.