--- description: The president of the city's biggest police union said "time will tell" how the de Blasio administration responds to police safety concerns raised during a... title: Union Chief: 'No Resolve' After Meeting With NYC Mayor, Commissioner on NYPD Concerns image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63d11de003bc7aca/698777c0e53aba17f64d6cab/460891812.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Union Chief: 'No Resolve' After Meeting With Mayor on NYPD Concerns by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 31, 2014 2:15 AM CUT  Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, attends a NYPD graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Dec. 29, 2014 Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, attends a NYPD graduation ceremony at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Dec. 29, 2014Andrew Burton—Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 31, 2014 2:15 AM CUT The president of the city’s biggest police union said “time will tell” how the de Blasio administration responds to police safety concerns raised during a two-hour closed-door meeting Tuesday between the mayor, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton and the heads of the five NYPD unions. The meeting was intended to begin repairing the widening rift between de Blasio and much of the rank-and-file police force. Tensions have escalated in recent weeks over the executions of two NYPD officers in Brooklyn and City Hall’s response to protests over police conduct in the wake of a Staten Island grand jury’s decision not to indict an officer … [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nyc-police-union-chief-says-no-resolve-after-meeting-mayor-n277151?cid=par-time-article%5F20141231 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3650808/union-chief-no-resolve-after-meeting-with-nyc-mayor-commissioner-on-nypd-concerns/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3650808/union-chief-no-resolve-after-meeting-with-nyc-mayor-commissioner-on-nypd-concerns/"},"headline":"Union Chief: 'No Resolve' After Meeting With Mayor on NYPD Concerns","datePublished":"2014-12-31T02:15:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:12:27.217Z","description":"The president of the city's biggest police union said \"time will tell\" how the de Blasio administration responds to police safety concerns raised during a...","url":"https://time.com/3650808/union-chief-no-resolve-after-meeting-with-nyc-mayor-commissioner-on-nypd-concerns/","keywords":["New York"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63d11de003bc7aca/698777c0e53aba17f64d6cab/460891812.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt63d11de003bc7aca/698777c0e53aba17f64d6cab/460891812.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"on December 29, 2014 in New York City.","caption":"on December 29, 2014 in New York City.","creditText":"Andrew Burton—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3650808/union-chief-no-resolve-after-meeting-with-nyc-mayor-commissioner-on-nypd-concerns/","name":"Union Chief: 'No Resolve' After Meeting With Mayor on NYPD Concerns"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Patrick Lynch, Pres., NYC Patrolmen's Benevolent Association on Union Heads Meeting","description":"Patrick Lynch, President of NYC Patrolmen's Benevolent Association soeaks to the pres about the meeting between Bill de Blasio and William Bratton.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2b0jlR42/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-31T03:28:23.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2b0jlR42.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3650808/union-chief-no-resolve-after-meeting-with-nyc-mayor-commissioner-on-nypd-concerns/","duration":"PT33S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3650808/union-chief-no-resolve-after-meeting-with-nyc-mayor-commissioner-on-nypd-concerns/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```