Under Commissioner Ray Kelly, the NYPD has drastically increased its surveillance capabilities, from stationing sky towers like the one above in high crime neighborhoods, to the Ring of Steel in Lower and Midtown Manhattan.
‘We believe it is critical for the Civic Engagement Commission to explicitly address the political incorporation of formerly incarcerated people in New York City.’
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