About Our Chapter
Blue Knights New York IV was founded in 1986 by a small group of NYS Corrections officers from Groveland Correctional Facility in Sonyea, NY in Livingston County. Since that time, NY IV has grown to become a vibrant part of the Blue Knights organization. Though our membership remains small in terms of numbers, with currently about 60 members, our activities and our accomplishments equal that of much larger chapters. Throughout our Blue Knights lifetime, New York IV has organized or participated in charity events for the American Cancer Society, United Cerebral Palsey, the Kali Poulton Research Foundation, Ronald McDonald House, the Association of Retarded Citizens (ARC), Strong Memorial Hospital's Children's Center and for Lifetime Assistance, Inc. NY IV was also a sponsoring chapter of the Attica - 9/11 Memorial Ride conducted by NY 8 for 5 years, which memorializes those slain corrections officers from the 1971 Attica Prison riot and all those officers killed in the line of duty throughout the country and in particular at the Sept 11th tragedy in NYC. Following the termination of the Attica Ride event, NY IV was then a sponsoring club for several years of Operation Patriot. This event honored all Law Enforcement, Firefighters, EMS and Military and was held on the 9/11 Weekend. NY IV has been and continues to be very active in the promotion and organization of charitable motorcycle events throughout New York State but in particular, in Western NY.
Many members of New York IV travel annually to the Blue Knights International Convention and the Tri-State Conference Annual Weekend. NY IV hosted the 18th Annual Tri-State Conference Weekend in downtown Rochester in 1999 and co-hosted the 21st Annual TSC Weekend with NY 27 in October of 2002 in Alexandria Bay, NY. In 2008, New York IV will be once again hosting the TSC Weekend, this time in Henrietta, NY. Please check our Conference Weekend page for details.
Our current membership of about 60 members from all facets of the Law Enforcement community, consists of a retired Sheriff's Captain, a retired Rochester Police Commanders, a Retired City Deputy Chief, a village Police Chief and members from Village Police, County Sheriffs, City PD's and State Corrections We even recently had a NYS Assemblyman as a member. No rank is too high or too small withoun our ranks.
With a general 50 mile radius of our original Groveland - Sonyea Charter address, NY IV stretches along the Interstate 390 corridor from the shores of Lake Ontario to the NY Southern Tier. Our area covers part, if not all of Monroe, Livingston, Genesee, Wyoming, Orleans, Ontario, Stueben and Allegany Counties.
NY IV holds a monthly membership meeting, usually on the first Wednesday evening of each month. The meetings are currently held at Peppermints Restaurant on State Routes 5 and 20 in the Village of Avon, and starting time is promptly at 7 PM. All members families, visiting Blue Knights and potential new members are welcome to attend. Following each meeting, NY IV publishes a monthly Newsletter. With all our Chapter members having Internet capabilities, NY IV started, in the fall of 2001, to send all Newsletters via e-mail. We also send our Newsletter throughout the Tri-State Conference via e-mail. This is a concept started by NY IV which is now being duplicated by many other chapters in an effort to better improve communications with all our Blue Knights family. You may read a copy of our most recent newsletter by clicking the NEWSLETTER button on our menu to your left.
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