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From  Police News Review »   Crime and Confusion in a Safer New York City 06/06/15 00:00 from  NYT > Police The worriers should get a grip, and the mayor and his police commissioner should get on the same page about police staffing and crime-fighting. Patrick Lynch, Police Union Chief Who Fought de Blasio, Wins a 5th Term Sunday June 7 th , 2015  at  8:02 PM 1 Share Beating back his first challenge in a decade, Patrick J. Lynch, the irascible police union boss, was re-elected on Friday as the president of the New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association. Mr. Lynch, 51, received 70 percent of the vote and  defeated two opponents , Brian Fusco and Ronald Wilson, to win a fifth four-year term. His re-election came six months after he fought a nasty public war with Mayor  Bill de Blasio  during which he attacked the mayor for showing sympathy to protesters who marched after the death of Eric Garner, a Staten Island man who was put in a