NY sergeant union: No to Democratic convention bid

NEW YORK (AP) — One of New York City’s police unions announced its opposition to the city’s bid for Brooklyn to host the 2016 Democratic National Convention, saying that crime is on the rise and criticizing Mayor Bill de Blasio’s public safety policies.

The Sergeants Benevolent Association, which has 13,000 members, took out a full-page ad in Tuesday’s The New York Times saying that the city was “lurching backwards to the bad old days of high crime, danger-infested public spaces, and families that walk our streets worried for their safety.”