A former deputy commissioner of the NYPD, on the likelihood of LAPD chief William Bratton returning to make New York mayor Michael Bloomberg pay for a rise in crime:

"[Bloomberg] knows there are 15 Democrats waiting for a chink in the armor and that Bratton, who by then will probably be fired as police chief of Los Angeles, will return to advise the leading mayoral opponent as he did Mark Green in 2001." (NYNewsday.com)