Kelly Praises Bloomberg, Demurs on Mayoral Candidacy

After Michael Bloomberg's annual Martin Luther King Day breakfast at City Hall, I ran into Police Commissioner (and prospective mayoral candidate) Ray Kelly, who told me, “This is the seventh breakfast I’ve been to under this administration.”

He went on, “[It] always has a good feeling. Martin Luther King, of course, is an iconic figure who did so much for race relations, [so it's] is certainly important in my position, as police commissioner, to be here.”

Kelly said Bloomberg “obviously puts tremendous effort into [race relations], as he does everything he undertakes. The mayor has been at the forefront of everything this administration has done to keep [race] relations, in this, the most diverse city in the world, strong, among all those communities.”

I asked him if Bloomberg's job is one he thinks he could do some day.

After a hearty laugh he said, “Right now, I’m just trying to be police commissioner.”