Raymond Kelly

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In recent years, the New York Civil Liberties Union had to sue to get stop-and-frisk data from the police, details on the race of people shot by officers and shooting reports since 1997. Most recently, the group has filed a suit on behalf of an online columnist asking for Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly's calendar. The department has argued that the commissioner's whereabouts are secret for security reasons. Civil liberties lawyers note that the president's schedule appears daily on the White House Web site, so why not Mr. Kelly's?

Similarly, the Times was forced to go to court to get fuller access to police data. A judge had ruled in September 2011 that the New York Police Department had improperly withheld information about pistol owners and the locations of hate crimes.

Interview with 60 Minutes

On September 25, 2011 Kelly was interviewed on the television program 60 Minutes by Scott Pelley about anti-terrorism measures taken in New York City's financial district in the 10 years following the 9/11 attacks. One of these was the development of a $3-billion NYPD Joint Operations Center that includes representatives from the military, FBI, FEMA and state and local first responders. During the interview, Kelly asserted that the New York City police department possesses missiles that could take down a plane:

Pelley: Are you satisfied that you've dealt with threats from aircraft, even light planes, model planes, that kind of thing?
Kelly: It's something that's on our radar screen. In an extreme situation, we have some means to take down a plane ...
Pelley: Do you mean to say the NYPD has the means to take down an aircraft?
Kelly: Yes. I'd prefer not to get into the details, but obviously this would be in a very extreme situation ...
Pelley: You have the means and the training?
Kelly: Yes. [55]

From the segment:

It is nearly impossible now to walk a block in lower Manhattan without being on television. There are 2,000 cameras and soon there will be 3,000 -- all of which feed into this control center housed in a secret location. [55]

Technology built specifically for the NYPD includes radiological and nuclear detectors on boats, radiation detectors on helicopters and trucks and detectors on officers' gun belts so sensitive that people who have had medical procedures may trigger them. Lower Manhattan includes thousands of surveillance cameras that can identify shapes and sizes of unidentified "suspicious" packages and can track people descriptions, like, "someone wearing a red shirt," within seconds. [55]

Affiliations

Since becoming Police Commissioner, Kelly has served as the honorary president of the Police Athletic League of New York City (PAL) a non-profit youth development agency that helps inner-city children and teens.

Also during his service as commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg, Kelly has been a member of the Harvard Club of New York City, with membership and expenses charged covered by the privately funded New York City Police Foundation. The gift was not reported in Kelly's financial disclosures, but indications upon public revelation in 2010 were that the disclosures would be amended. [56]

A 2010 report on gifts "reported six shared plane flights to Florida in 2008 and five more in 2009, provided by Mayor ... Bloomberg at an undetermined cost". [56]

Personal life

A fitness buff since his teens, Kelly still regularly lifts weights and does aerobic exercises. [57] He is also reportedly a fashionable dresser, favoring custom-made shirts that he takes to Geneva, a shirtmaker, for laundering. [17] He also favors silk ties by Charvet. "A tie is the only true way men can make some sort of statement", Kelly has stated, citing Barack Obama as another fan of the high-end French label. "I can tell when someone's wearing Charvet from a distance – even dark colors stand out." [58] Claiming that good-quality clothing enhances his public image as an authority figure, he orders custom hand-tailored suits from master tailor Martin Greenfield, who numbers politicians and movie stars among his clientele and whose suits run in the four figures. [59]

Kelly met his future wife Veronica on the beach at Island Park, New York, where his family had a summer residence. [60]

Kelly is the father of Greg Kelly, former co-host of the local Fox morning television show Good Day New York . Currently host on Newsmax TV and weekday program on New York's WABC radio [61]

Awards and honors

See also

References

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  3. "Kelly Said to Be Pick As Director of F.B.I." New York Times. 20 May 1993. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022. The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Mr. Kelly's name had come up in conversations between the White House and the Justice Department, as have at least two other names, those of Louis J. Freeh, a Federal judge in the Southern District of New York, and Richard G. Stearns, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge.
  4. 1 2 "The Commish". The Brian Lehrer Show. 2007-10-19.; (video of broadcast)
  5. Shain, Michael (July 14, 1995), "Can New Viet Envoy Be Our Own Ray Kelly?", Newsday , pp. A15
  6. Lemire, Jonathan .(March 13, 2011). Sen. Charles Schumer loves idea of NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly taking over FBI Daily News Hoboken, NJ Archived(Tabloid) on December 13, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  7. 1 2 Robillard, Kevin; Wong, Scott (July 12, 2013). "Names already popping as possible Janet Napolitano replacements". POLITICO . Retrieved July 13, 2013.
  8. RAYMOND W. KELLY NAMED PRESIDENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT SERVICES-March 5, 2014-Cushman & Wakefield
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  10. 1 2 "Major Figures In Queens Police Shooting Case". WNBC . NBCUniversal. Archived from the original on March 23, 2007. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
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  17. 1 2 Gray, Geoffrey (May 16, 2010). "Boss Kelly: The long-serving NYPD commissioner is autocratic, dismissive of civil-liberties concerns — but effective. Is that a reasonable trade-off to keep the city safe?". New York. Nymag.com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2014. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
  18. Carper, Alison (February 10, 1990), "Brown Names Top Aide", Newsday , p. 11
  19. James, George (October 20, 1992), "Kelly Says He'll Stress Recruiting More Blacks", The New York Times , pp. B3
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  25. Editorial board (2003-03-19). "Operation Atlas, Shrugged Off". The New York Times. 229 West 43rd Street. p. A28. Archived from the original on 2012-11-08. Retrieved 2022-06-15. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly has mapped out a comprehensive plan, called Operation Atlas, for preventing attacks in the air, on land, on the waterways and in the subways, wherever people live, work, study, worship or recreate and wherever there are ports of entry. The price will be steep, with police overtime pushing the tab to some $5 million a week even as the city struggles to close a budget shortfall of more than $3 billion. City leaders are determined to deny any opportunity to those who would try to commit terrorism.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  26. "The AP investigation revealed that the NYPD built databases of everyday life in Muslim neighborhoods, cataloguing where people bought their groceries, ate dinner and prayed. Plainclothes officers known as "rakers" were dispatched into ethnic communities, where they eavesdropped on conversations and wrote daily reports on what they heard, often without any allegation of criminal wrongdoing,"— "Law on NYPD's side in Muslim intel program?" CBS News, November 8, 2011.
  27. "Police have also used special informants, dubbed "mosque crawlers," to monitor weekly sermons and activity inside of mosques — even when there's no evidence of wrongdoing, the AP said." —Jill Colvin, "NYPD Spying on Muslim Communities with Help of CIA, Report Says", DNA Info Manhattan Local, August 24, 2011
  28. 1 2 Colvin (August 24, 2011).
  29. See Pillifant (2011) and Adam Serwer, "60-Minutes Hearts NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly", Mother Jones, Sept. 2011.
  30. "Post-9/11, NYPD targets ethnic communities, partners with CIA". NBC News . 24 August 2011. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020.
  31. New York Times editorial, "Police and the Press", Nov. 26, 2011.
  32. Baker, Al (March 6, 2007), "Inmate Plotted to Kill Police Leader and Plant a Bomb, Officials Say", The New York Times
  33. Ungerleider, Neal (2012-08-08). "NYPD, Microsoft Launch All-Seeing "Domain Awareness System" With Real-Time CCTV, License Plate Monitoring [Updated]". Fast Company. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  34. Jacobs, Peter (29 October 2013). "Ray Kelly Was Booed Offstage By Student Protestors At Brown Before He Could Even Speak". Business Insider. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  35. Bankoff, Caroline (November 10, 2014). "Regular Guy Ray Kelly No Longer Requires a $1.5 Million Security Team". New York Magazine. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  36. "Pension probe prompts city board votes to cease new investments with Quadrangle Capital Partners". Nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
  37. "Quadrangle Capital Partners pension 'agents' suspended". Nydailynews.com. 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
  38. "Albany pay-to-play pension scandal appears national in scope, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo says". Nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
  39. Graham Rayman, "Ray Kelly's Top Spokesman Paul Browne Present When NYPD Whistleblower Hauled to Psych Ward, Lawsuit Says Archived 2013-09-05 at the Wayback Machine ", Village Voice August 9, 2010.
  40. Cassidy, Robert (September 2, 2001). "Tapping Kelly Has Good Ring". Newsday.
  41. Celona, Larry (March 22, 2002). "Kelly Packs it in as Head of Athletic Commission". New York Post.
  42. Kelly Sleuthed Insider' Wigand for Private Firm.. Observer. Retrieved on 2013-08-16.
  43. Shallwani, Pervaiz (16 December 2013). "After NYPD, Kelly to Hit Speaker's Circuit". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  44. Associated Press. "NYPD commissioner Kelly hired as public speaker when tenure ends Jan. 1". Fox News . Retrieved 14 January 2014.
  45. "Despite the attack in San Bernardino, America's defences against jihadism are high". The Economist . 12 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  46. "Clearview AI Announces Formation of Advisory Board" (Press release). New York: Business Wire. The LAKPR Group Inc. 2021-08-18. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  47. "Obama would consider Ray Kelly to replace Janet Napolitano" by JENNIFER EPSTEIN, Politico, July 16, 2013, Retrieved 2013-07-17
  48. "NYC top cop Ray Kelly 'flattered' by Obama's praise, DHS talk" by Meghashyam Mali, The Hill July 23, 2013 Retrieved 2013-08-04
  49. "Muslims Oppose Raymond Kelly Bid For Homeland Security Secretary" By Omar Sacirbey, Huffington Post, August 1, 2013 Retrieved 2013-08-04
  50. Retrieved 2013-08-04 "Ray Kelly: The NYPD: Guilty of Saving 7,383 Lives" by Ray Kelly, Opinion: The Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2013
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  53. Al Baker "Lawsuit Seeks Release of Police Commissioner's Schedule", New York Times, October 18, 2011
  54. Baker, New York Times Oct. 18, 2011.
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  56. 1 2 Rivera, Ray and William K. Rashbaum, "Police Leader Had Help With Harvard Club Dues", October 25, 2010 (October 26, 2010 p. A20 NY ed.). The Times credited nypdconfidential.com with first report of the Club affiliation arrangement. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
  57. Murphy, Jen (2009-06-23). "For NYPD Commissioner, Being Fit Is Part of the Job". Online.wsj.com. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
  58. Cosciarelli, "Ray Kelly, NYPD Commissioner, Loves a Good Tie, Hoodie", Village Voice, June 20, 2012
  59. Ann Farmer, "A Tailor, Called Upon by Designers and Politicians", New York Times, Nov. 6, 2010
  60. Halcyon Days In Island Park New York Times Retrieved 2014-10-08.
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  65. Richard A. Cook Gold Medal Award - The Hundred Year Association. 100yearassociation.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-16.
  66. Grand Marshal and Aides for the 249th NYC St Patrick's Parade Installed Archived 2011-07-27 at the Wayback Machine , January 16, 2010
  67. "Commissioner Ray Kelly". Irish America. 875 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY: Summer. 2012. Archived from the original (Hall of Fame Profile) on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2022. A former-marine, a beat cop and the only person ever to serve two, non-consecutive terms as New York City Police Commissioner, Raymond P. Kelly has dedicated his life to serving his country and his city.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
Raymond Kelly
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Kelly in 1999
37th and 41st Police Commissioner of New York City
In office
January 1, 2002 December 31, 2013
Police appointments
Preceded by Police Commissioner of New York City
1992–1994
Succeeded by
Preceded by Police Commissioner of New York City
2002–2013
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Commissioner of the United States Customs Service
1998–2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
1996–1998
Succeeded by