New York Voices; Top Cop and Murray at MoMA

Thirteen WNET · December 16, 2005

Ray Kelly is the first New York City police commissioner to rise from the ranks of street patrol to top cop. In a feature interview he talks to host Rafael Pi Roman about the shifting power dynamic in counter terrorism... and why the NYPD doesn't wait for Washington anymore. With 1,000 counterterrorism cops deployed in New York and dozens stationed in hot spots around the world the NYPD is arguably stepping into the biggest turf war in history. Kelly also discusses resources, crime fighting, and how the Port Authority neglected to ask for a security review of the Freedom Tower designs, which lead to a major reshuffling at Ground-Zero. In the second part of the program artist Elizabeth Murray talks about making it in New York. The Museum of Modern Art has a major retrospective of Murray's works -- some 75 paintings and works on paper. Murray talks about how she works, the problems of composition and how her years as a waitress, department store clerk and teacher helped her gain perspective on the city, her art