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Syracuse Pastor Shot at SUNY Upstate Hospital
Friday, July 09, 2021Read More
State Park Police Worry About Their Future
Thursday, June 24, 2021Please see: State Park Police worry about their future
Retirement Parity is the key to diversify state law enforcement agencies
Monday, June 14, 2021Read More
NYS University Police Address Pandemic
Thursday, May 20, 2021Read More
Otis Technology Honored for Donation of PPE
Tuesday, May 18, 2021End of an era: ‘He was a tremendous ranger’
Monday, May 10, 2021We were happy to see one of our retiring members, and past board members, Scott vanLaer’s career lauded in this article in today’s Albany Times Union Newspaper.
Congratulations Scott on a great career and a well-deserved retirement!
Read More Here
Why a Law Enforcement Union Says Benefits Need to Improve
Friday, April 30, 2021Read More Here
Year Into Pandemic, Gun Parts Manufacturer Still Making PPE for Law Enforcement
Things haven’t slowed down at Otis Technology in Lyons Falls. The producer of gun parts adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic by producing PPE — and still are to this day. And just like last year, this spring, they donated PPE to the Police Benevolent Association of New York State.
View Full Article and Video Here.
PBA of NYS Donates PPE to Ulster County
Thursday, March 25, 2021PBA President, Ryan Law, talks the PBA of NYS donation of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) to Ulster County vaccination pod located at former Best Buy in the town of Ulster.
Click here to view.
Hiker, 62, dies on Catskill trail
Friday, March 19, 2021Rangers bring down body of man from Hunter Mountain
State forest rangers on Sunday recovered the body of a dead hiker found near the top of Hunter Mountain in the Catskills, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation.
DEC dispatchers got a call at 1:30 p.m. reporting that an unresponsive man was on the Becker Hollow trail near the summit of Hunter, one of several trails on the mountain, which is separate from the summit of the ski area of same name.
Two rangers hiked to the location of the 62-year-old man, who was deceased. More rangers on the scene used snowmobiles to get to the summit using the state truck trail from the Spruceton trail-head. Rangers then hiked one half mile in to bring gear and equipment to the rescuers.
Due to steep and icy trail conditions, they had to use rope systems and a special stretcher on the descent down Becker Hollow trail, arriving back at 11 p.m.
Additional agencies involved include DEC’s Division of Law Enforcement and State Police. The hiker died of natural causes, according to the Green County Coroner's office but his name was not immediately available.
The day before, in the Adirondacks, dispatchers at 6:41 p.m., received a call from a 27-year-old Rochester resident suffering from a sore knee while hiking to Mount Marcy in the High Peaks Wilderness. The hiker did not have a head lamp or flashlight and reported that his four friends hiked out ahead of him.
Just before 10 p.m., at Marcy Dam, a ranger made contact with the hiker and two friends who had turned back to help him. They arrived at the Adirondack Loj parking lot at 11:16 p.m., and reunited the hikers with their group.
By: Rick Karlin - Emergency Response
PBA President Ryan Law will be Interviewed on “Capital Tonight”
Monday, January 25, 2021We just confirmed with Spectrum News that PBA President Ryan Law will be interviewed on the Cable Network’s TV interview show “Capital Tonight” by host Susan Arbetter.
The show will be broadcast tonight at 7pm for those members that subscribe or have access to Spectrum Cable. It will also be available online as soon as this evening and when we have a link to it we will post it. President Law will call on the NYS Legislature to introduce and pass the PBA’s pay bill and he will highlight the great work done by our members in COVID response as well as our members’ other courageous work day in and day out. This interview is a follow up to President Law’s letter to the Governor which was posted on the news web site Empire Report.
Please tune in tonight if you have access and otherwise watch it on line when it becomes available. We will keep pushing on the pay bill until our members are fully paid their appropriate salaries and retroactive pay. Thank you for your continued support.
New York State University Police at Farmingdale State College
University Police Officer Thomas Austin is currently deployed to our nation's capital.
Tom is a Senior Airman in the Air National Guard and part of Long Island's 106th rescue wing security forces. Austin describes the deployment as hard work with long hours, but, is proud to be directly supporting our country's constitutional process. Stay safe SrA Austin and thank you for your service!
PBA President Ryan Law writes letter to Governor Cuomo that is posted on The Empire Report
Friday, January 15, 2021PBA President Ryan Law wrote a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo advocating for PBA members, who have worked the front lines of the state’s COVID response on 2014 salaries, to finally have their pay bill released to the Legislature to update their salaries.
We were very pleased to see the New York State Empire Report picked the story up and posted it on its web site.
Here is the direct link: https://empirereportnewyork.com/pba-nya-letter-to-gov-cuomo/
Thanksgiving service, sacrifice can be as simple as small gatherings during the pandemic
Ryan Law and his wife should be excited to introduce their 8-month-old baby boy to as many friends and family members as possible on Thanksgiving.
But, with the coronavirus pandemic raging, it took three-and-a-half heart-wrenching months to make an in-person introduction of the boy they’re calling their new best friend or P.A.L., Patrick Andrew Law, to Ryan’s mother.
Read full article here.
NYS University Police Apprehended and Arrested Suspect
Thursday, June 11, 2020A 33-year-old man faces numerous charges after he brought three explosive devices into Stony Brook University Hospital Tuesday night, Suffolk County police said.
LI police warning: Bring your bikini and sunscreen but don’t forget your mask
Tuesday, May 26, 2020Long Islanders can expect to see a huge police presence at beaches, parks and other recreation areas this Memorial Day weekend, including drones and helicopters in the skies and cops driving through the sand on all-terrain vehicles in an effort to protect public safety amid the coronavirus pandemic.
DEC Police Officers Rescue Kit, Ducklings, Bears, Owls, and More
Tuesday, May 26, 2020Environmental Conservation Police Officers have been busy lately assisting many animals ranging from a fox kit stuck in a window well to Mallard ducklings that fell into a storm drain and even a wandering bear in the city of Poughkeepsie.
NYS Park Police Respond to Harlem Shooting
Thursday, May 21, 2020Whether responding to the most remote areas of upstate or the most populated areas of Manhattan, PBA of NYS members cover all corners of the state and everything in between.
Yesterday (5/20/20) NYS Park Police Officers responded to the scene of a police-involved shooting in Harlem that left two people dead and another injured, after a suspect shot and stabbed his sister-in-law to death and injured another. A responding NYPD Sergeant shot and killed the suspect.This picture in today’s NY Post shows three PBA members from the NYS Park Police holding the perimeter of the scene down in what certainly was a chaotic and fluid situation. We commend our members for their quick and courageous response to what was still an ongoing criminal action with the armed suspect still at the scene. This tragedy is an example of the dangers and stresses police officers must deal with every day.
Long Island Beaches Fill Up as NYers Grow Weary of Social Distancing & Staying Inside
Tuesday, April 28, 2020Read More
PBA OP-ED ARTICLE
Monday, April 06, 2020PBA President Ryan Law wrote an op-ed piece which was picked up and posted on the Empire Report, a political web site that is read by key people in and around state Government.
You can view the great placement, along with President Law’s picture, we received on the main page of the site here (The site changes daily and is not archived. Access to the April 3 version of the site will be available until approximately 6am April 4) and the permalink to the op-ed can be found here. This was the PBA’s effort to recognize our members’ involvement in many critical aspects of the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and we are pleased to get such widespread dissemination of President Law’s commentary.