"I have a lot of confidence in the new police commissioner, Jessica Tisch. She worked directly for me," Kelly said on 77 WABC radio's "The Cats Roundtable" show. "She's headed two major city agencies. She's an excellent manager. She can be a pretty stern taskmaster. I think we're on the right track," he told host John Catsimatidis.
"The department, having 54,000 people, is always going to have some issues, some problems. But I'm positive about what's going to happen in the next year," he said.
"We've had tough times in the department. We had the overtime scandal. People are leaving in big numbers," he said.
Kelly indicated he has less confidence in Mayor Eric Adams, who faces re-election in 2025 while fighting federal corruption charges at a trial scheduled in the spring.
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