Richard Dougherty

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  1. Requiem for the Centre Street Mafia

    New York — A police commissioner who refers to his Lafcadio Hearn first editions as “my collection of Hearnia" cannot be all bad, as a former deputy commissioner makes clear in this affectionate remembrance of the band of Irish Americans who used to run the show. Mr. Dougherty is now New York bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times.