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Police Commissioner Ray Kelly (2nd-L) leaves city hall on November 27, 2006 (Getty Images)Procedures and Protocol
Our coverage of the Queens police shooting continues with interviews with NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly about police training and tactics and with Queens State Senator Malcolm Smith who is also the incoming New York State Senate Minority Leader replacing David Paterson. Plus excerpts of the Robert Gates confirmation hearings (airing in full on AM820) and a proposal for tolls to drive in Midtown.
Procedures and Protocol
Raymond Kelly, New York City Police Commissioner
- talks about New York City Police procedures
Speaking for the Minority
Malcolm Smith, New York State Senator (D-Queens) and incoming Minority
Leader
- on the police shooting in his Queens district and his plans for succeeding David Paterson as New York State Senate Minority Leader
Decongestive
Kathryn Wylde, president and C.E.O. of the Partnership for New York City
and
Henry Abraham, head of Economic Development and Transport in the London Mayor's office
and
David Weprin, New York City Council Member (D-District 23), and Chair of the Finance Committee
-on bringing congestion pricing to the streets of Manhattan
Defending Intelligence
Jeffrey Smith, national investigative correspondent for The Washington Post
-on the Robert Gates confirmation hearings for Secretary of Defense
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What's your take on Twitter? How do you use it? Comment below!- Comments [15]
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John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants discusses the running list the band keeps of "things we can no longer say." (a few examples: "my bad" "don't go there" "one hundred and ten percent" and "voted off the island")
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