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New York City’s Police Department has become more diverse and is now less than half white, but the unions that represent the officers continue to be mostly run by white conservatives. One union endorsed Trump, the first such endorsement in decades. nyti.ms/3iLd3SY
Nearly 90% of the police unions’ leaders are white and even more are men, according to our analysis of public records.

The demographics of the leadership set it apart from a majority of the department’s 36,000 uniformed officers. nyti.ms/3iLd3SY Image
City and state officials said the police unions have largely given up on traditional lobbying and back-room negotiations since their main political allies, Republican lawmakers who controlled the State Senate, lost power two years ago. nyti.ms/3iLd3SY Image
Many Black and Hispanic officers said they did not feel represented by their unions, a feeling heightened by the endorsement made by the city’s largest police union.

The endorsement also doesn’t reflect the political leanings of a city where Trump is widely unpopular. Image
There's also a divide in where officers and union leaders live. In 2016, the last year that detailed data was available, 58% of all officers lived in one of the city’s five boroughs. Only 36% of union leaders live within the city. nyti.ms/3iLd3SY Image
“It’s a network,” said Robert Gonzalez, a former president of the Latino Officers Association. “They mentor each other. They steer people to vote a certain way.”

See more of our analysis of the police unions’ leadership in New York City. nyti.ms/3iLd3SY

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