Up Close: Former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly
NEW YORK (WABC) -- This past week, we witnesses the deadliest attack on a place of worship in the United States in recent memory.
Police in Charleston, S.C. say a 21-year old man walked into an historic church and killed nine people.
How can you protect people in public places like churches?
And there are new concerns about guns on the streets of New York City, with shootings and murders up so far this year compared to last year's record low crime rate.
The NYPD has put extra officers in high crime areas. But now there is a new debate over whether they need to make more stop and frisk stops to reduce gun violence.
Our guest spent more than 12 years heading up the NYPC and is now a consultant with ABC News: Former New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly.
Also this week, legislators in Albany are going into overtime trying to work out a deal on rent regulations.
A temporary extension was put in place through Tuesday, but no long-term action.
Joining us is someone who has spent time both in the NYPD and the State Senate: Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams.
And finally, some changes involving traffic at Central and Prospect Parks to make them mostly car free.
In Central Park, the plan is to eliminate traffic above 72nd Street all the way to the top.
In Prospect Park the entire West Drive would become vehicle-free.
With us to talk about the driving ban in the parks are Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver and Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg.
