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August 2015

An Interview with Ray Kelly, former NYPD Commissioner at the Manhattan Institute

Recently, Ray Kelly, former police commissioner for New York City under Mayors Dinkins and Bloomberg, was interviewed by the Manhattan Institute about his new book that chronicles his time in New York. Staff from the Japan Local Government Center was able to go and listen to his story. He has had a 40 year career with the New York Police Department (NYPD); from patrolman all the way up to commissioner. He explained his background was quite humble: Two-parent household, four siblings, Irish-American, catholic school. Discussing the current state of affairs in New York City, he made it clear that demographics are really important. People think that one can go on… Read More »An Interview with Ray Kelly, former NYPD Commissioner at the Manhattan Institute