NYPD 'rooting' for cold as homicides dip

Originally published: January 25, 2013 2:35 PM
Updated: January 25, 2013 9:05 PM
By ANTHONY M. DESTEFANO anthony.destefano@newsday.com

Photo credit: Getty Images | Police Commissioner Ray Kelly delivers his State of the NYPD address at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan. (Jan. 23, 2013)

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With no homicides recorded in the past eight days in New York City -- during a cold snap -- Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is not complaining about the weather. He is embracing it.

"To the extent that weather plays a role, great," Kelly said to reporters early Friday about the absence of killings since Jan. 16. "We are rooting for more cold weather."

The dearth of new homicides has kept...

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