{"id":338361,"date":"2021-09-13T00:40:59","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T21:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ex-nypd-boss-ray-kelly-says-nyc-is-a-work-in-progress\/"},"modified":"2021-09-13T00:40:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T21:40:59","slug":"ex-nypd-boss-ray-kelly-says-nyc-is-a-work-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ex-nypd-boss-ray-kelly-says-nyc-is-a-work-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"#Ex-NYPD boss Ray Kelly says NYC is a &#8216;work in progress&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Ex-NYPD boss Ray Kelly says NYC is a &#8216;work in progress&#8217;<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly isn\u2019t buying the \u201ch<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>y talk\u201d about New York City\u2019s post-pandemic future.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Sunday on WABC Radio\u2019s \u201cThe Cats Roundtable,\u201d the former two-time NYPD boss said the city\u2019s recovery is still a work in progress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou see all of these small stores and businesses that still remain closed. Many of them you know will never reopen. I hope New York comes back and comes back soon,\u201d Kelly told host John Catsimatidis. \u201cI don\u2019t see the indicators of that. There\u2019s a lot of happy talk that says it\u2019s coming back, but I think we have a long way to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelly pointed to subway safety as a key deterrent to getting the city back in swing. The subways saw 2.19 felonies per million riders in August, according to NYPD and MTA data, significantly more than the 1.47 per million rider crime rate for all of 2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/04072020_Coppa_Aerial_Manhattan90.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly said that he is skeptical about New York returning after the COVID-19 pandemic.\" class=\"wp-image-19431090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/04072020_Coppa_Aerial_Manhattan90.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/04072020_Coppa_Aerial_Manhattan90.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/04072020_Coppa_Aerial_Manhattan90.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kelly said that he is skeptical about New York returning after the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Edmund J Coppa<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPeople are still very concerned about riding in the subways. Bad things can happen to you on the subway,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cSo, what are [people] doing? They\u2019re staying above ground. They\u2019re taking cars if they can. And they\u2019re working from home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also called on the next mayor to \u201ccreate a corps of professionals\u201d to help the city\u2019s homeless population.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of them have mental problems. These have to be addressed head-on,\u201d Kelly said of vagrants. \u201cI think you do it with more professional personnel who can talk to them, interview them and refer them [to treatment] if need be.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/1335101681.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"According to Kelly, several stores in NYC will not be making a comeback damaging the city's economy. \" class=\"wp-image-19431100\" width=\"618\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/1335101681.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1233 1236w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/1335101681.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=925 927w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/1335101681.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=618 618w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/1335101681.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=308 309w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/1335101681.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\"\/><figcaption>According to Kelly, several stores in NYC will not be making a comeback, damaging the city\u2019s economy. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Spencer Platt\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/AFP_9GT4JP.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Kelly has also said that making sure the subway is safe is a major stepping stone for getting the city back to its former glory. \" class=\"wp-image-19431124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/AFP_9GT4JP.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/AFP_9GT4JP.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/AFP_9GT4JP.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kelly has also said that making sure the subway is safe is a major stepping stone for getting the city back to its former glory. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kelly, who served as NYPD commissioner under Mayor David Dinkins from 1992 to 1994 and Mayor Michael Bloomberg from 2002 to 2013, also remembered watching the Twin  Towers come down from his office at Bear Sterns in Midtown on 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>He bemoaned President Biden\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/Last man out: Surreal photo shows moment last US service member leaves Afghanistan\">withdrawal from Afghanistan<\/a>, which he said he believed had made Americans less safe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe could\u2019ve had a small cadre there and provide some stability to that country. Now we don\u2019t know. We are rolling the dice,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cWe\u2019ve become more of a target as a result of terrorists and radical Islamists who are taking over Afghanistan.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Speaking on Sunday on WABC Radio\u2019s \u201cThe Cats Roundtable,\u201d the former two-time NYPD boss said the city\u2019s recovery is still a work in progress. \u201cYou see all of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":338362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/nyckelly.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[115835,70344,5044,98211,71454],"class_list":["post-338361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-9-12-21","tag-coronavirus-in-ny","tag-nypd","tag-ray-kelly","tag-subways"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}