Ex-NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly predicts that left-wing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is “here to stay” — despite renewed calls for his ouster.
During a radio interview out Sunday, Kelly pointed out that New York does not hold recall elections, leaving Bragg’s future in the hands of Gov. Kathy Hochul, who he projected wouldn’t take the political risk.
“New York doesn’t have that capability. Only the governor can remove a district attorney, and that’s not going to happen,” Kelly explained to “The Cats Roundtable” host John Catsimatidis. “I don’t think Governor Hochul is going to touch this, because it’s toxic as far as the politics are concerned,” the former Big Apple top cop said.
The governor, Kelly opined, would want to avoid facing the political blowback produced by showing the “Only the governor can remove a district attorney, and that’s not going to happen,” Ray Kelly predicted.“She doesn’t want to do anything that looks like she is upsetting any group or any constituents who would be upset with this,” he said. “I think Alvin Bragg, unfortunately, is here to stay, at least for the rest of his term.
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