Bratton Will Return under deBlasio

Mayor-elect Bill deBlasio announced this morning at the Red Hook Community Justice Center that he will name William Bratton as commissioner of the New York Police Department.

Bratton, who has become an international figure since his first stint as NYPD commissioner in the mid-1990s, was the front-runner for the job.

Choosing the high-profile, generally well-regarded Bratton appeared to