NYPD Head Kelly Polls First for Mayor

New Yorkers picked Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly as the top candidate for New York City mayor, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.
NYPD Head Kelly Polls First for Mayor
(The Epoch Times)
Ivan Pentchoukov
7/28/2011
Updated:
10/1/2015

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 (The Epoch Times)
NEW YORK—New Yorkers picked Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly as the top candidate for New York City mayor, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday. Kelly, who has not stated any intention to run for mayor in 2013, received 23 percent of the votes, surpassing City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s 18 percent, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s 12 percent, and City Comptroller John Liu’s 10 percent.

“Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has never given the faintest hint that he'd like to move from police headquarters across the street to City Hall, but New York seems to like the idea of Kelly for mayor,” stated Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, in a press release.

Kelly was not on the list of candidates in a Marist University poll of New York City Democrats in April, in which former Rep. Anthony Weiner placed on top with 18 percent, while Quinn and Liu tied for third place.

Given the derailment of Weiner’s political career, Quinn is the top fundraiser among the current candidates, raking in $1.36 million over the past six months for an estimated total of $4 million in campaign funds. Liu raised $1 million over the same period for a total of $1.4 million.

Kelly has a 31-year career with the NYPD, serving as police commissioner from 1992 to 1994 and from 2002 to present. Sen. Charles Schumer recommended Kelly to head the FBI in March.

The Quinnipiac University poll results indicated that most New Yorkers, 54 percent, want the next mayor to have experience in government, while 26 percent prefer a business background.

“We’ve tried the businessman-as-mayor for three terms. Next time, New Yorkers say, ‘Let’s pick a politician,’” Carroll said.

Quinnipiac University surveyed 1,234 registered voters from July 19 through July 25 and noted a three-point margin of error.

Ivan is the national editor of The Epoch Times. He has reported for The Epoch Times on a variety of topics since 2011.
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