27 Notable alumni of
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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The CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice is 1545th in the world, 534th in North America, and 502nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 27 notable alumni from the CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Pauley Perrette
- Occupations
- voice actoractortelevision actorwriterfilm actor
- Biography
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Pauley Perrette is an American retired actress and singer. She played Abby Sciuto in the television series NCIS from 2003 to 2018.
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Eric Adams
- Occupations
- politicianpolice officer
- Biography
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Eric Leroy Adams is an American politician and former police officer who served as the 111th mayor of New York City from 2022 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Adams was an officer in the New York City Transit Police and then the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for more than 20 years, retiring at the rank of captain. He served in the New York State Senate from 2006 to 2013, representing the 20th district in Brooklyn. In 2013, Adams became the first black American to be elected Brooklyn Borough President; he was re-elected in 2017.
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Jimmy Iovine
- Occupations
- film producerrecord producercomposerentrepreneuraudio engineer
- Biography
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James Iovine is an American entrepreneur, former record executive, and media proprietor. He is the co-founder of Interscope Records, and served as chairman and CEO of Interscope Geffen A&M, an umbrella music unit formed by Universal Music Group, from 1999 to 2014.
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Henry Lee
- Enrolled in the CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- 1968-1972 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- authorcriminologist
- Biography
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Henry Chang-Yu Lee is a Taiwanese and American forensic scientist and biochemist.
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Adam Saleh
- Occupations
- vloggerYouTuberrapperactortelevision producer
- Biography
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Adam Mohsin Yehya Saleh is an American YouTuber, singer, and crossover boxer. He gained prominence through his various YouTube channels, where he posts vlogs, comedy sketches, and social experiments.
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Scott Stringer
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Scott M. Stringer is an American politician who served as the 44th New York City Comptroller. A Democrat, Stringer also previously served as a New York State Assemblyman, and as the 26th borough president of Manhattan.
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James P. O'Neill
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- 1958-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- politicianpolice officer
- Biography
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James Patrick "Jimmy" O'Neill Jr. is an American police officer who served as the 43rd Police Commissioner of New York City from September 2016 until November 2019. Prior to his appointment as Police Commissioner, O'Neill served as the NYPD's Chief of Department, the highest uniformed position in the department, from 2014 to 2016.
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Claudia de la Cruz
- Occupations
- Christian theologian
- Biography
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Claudia De la Cruz is an American left-wing activist who was the Party for Socialism and Liberation nominee for president of the United States in the 2024 election.
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Catalina Cruz
- Enrolled in the CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- 2001-2005 graduated with bachelor's degree in forensic psychology
- Occupations
- political activistlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Catalina Cruz is a Colombian-American attorney from the borough of Queens in New York City and New York State Assemblymember from the 39th Assembly district—representing Corona, Elmhurst, and Jackson Heights, Queens. A member of the Democratic Party and former undocumented immigrant minor (DREAMer), Cruz has worked as an advocate for immigration rights, including as Director of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2016 Exploited Task Force..
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Lovely A. Warren
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lovely Ann Warren is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 69th mayor of Rochester, New York, from 2014 until her resignation in 2021. She was previously the President of the Rochester City Council. She was the first woman to serve as mayor of Rochester, as well as the second African-American after William A. Johnson Jr.
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Dennis Michael Lynch
- Occupations
- businesspersontelevision producer
- Biography
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Dennis Michael Lynch also known as "DML", is an American businessman, documentary film maker, podcast host and news personality. Currently, he is the founder and CEO of TeamDML Inc, a company specializing in the distribution of news programming, podcasts and digital films. He is also the founder of TeamDML.com, an online membership-based service for people who wish to watch his daily podcast about politics and news. Lynch is also the co-owner of a CBD brand that bears his name, DML CBD.
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Kenneth P. Thompson
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Kenneth P. Thompson was an American lawyer who served as the District Attorney of Kings County, New York, from 2014 until his death from cancer on October 9, 2016.
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Salvatore Cassano
- Occupations
- firefighter
- Biography
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Salvatore Joseph "Sal" Cassano served as the 32nd New York City Fire Commissioner from 2010 to 2014.
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Benjamin B. Tucker
- Biography
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Benjamin B. Tucker is an American police officer and administrator who was appointed First Deputy New York City Police Commissioner on Nov. 5, 2014, in a ceremony at 1 Police Plaza in New York City. Commissioner Tucker is the NYPD's 43rd first deputy commissioner. "This is an amazing moment and time in my life," Tucker said. "I joined the NYPD family on November 21, 1969, as an 18-year-old." He was sworn in as a police officer trainee at that time, and is now second in command of the nation's largest police force with a uniformed strength just shy of 35,000, plus several thousand in support staff. He later retired from the New York Police Department in December 2021.
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Vicki Shiran
- Occupations
- activist
- Biography
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Vicki Shiran was an Israeli criminologist, sociologist, poet, film director, media personality and activist. She was a leader of a movement promoting Mizrahi Jewish consciousness in Israel. She was an advocate of equal rights and played a key role in the fight for the advancement of Mizrahim (Jews who originate from Arab or Muslim countries). She was among the founders of The Mizrahi Democratic Coalition and the Feminist group Achoti, and is considered one of the founding mothers of the Mizrahi feminist movement.
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Ariel Rios
- Occupations
- special agent
- Biography
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Ariel Rios was an undercover special agent for the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), killed in the line of duty. He was a member of the Presidential anti-drug task force in South Florida.
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Marcos Crespo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Marcos A. Crespo is a former Democratic member of the New York State Assembly representing the 85th Assembly District, which includes the Soundview, Clason Point, Longwood, and Hunts Point sections of the South Bronx.
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Victor M. Torres, Jr
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Victor Manuel Torres Jr. is an American retired politician who served as a Democratic member of the Florida Senate from 2016 to 2024. Previously, he served two terms in the Florida House of Representatives, representing parts of Orlando in Orange County from 2012 to 2016.
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James E. Leonard
- Born in
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United States - Enrolled in the CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Graduated with Master of Science in fire protection management
- Occupations
- firefighter
- Biography
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James E. Leonard is a former fire Chief of Department who was relieved of duty for alleged misconduct from the New York City Fire Department.
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Jack Caulfield
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- 1929-2012 (aged 83)
- Occupations
- police officer
- Biography
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John James "Jack" Caulfield was an American security operative and law enforcement officer. He was a member of the Richard Nixon administration around the time of the Watergate Scandal, though he avoided prosecution.
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Fred Heineman
- Occupations
- politicianpolice officer
- Biography
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Frederick K. Heineman was an American law enforcement officer and politician who one term served as a Republican U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, serving in the 104th United States Congress from 1995 to 1997.
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Carmen Velasquez
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Carmen R. Velasquez is a Supreme Court Justice serving in the 11th district of the State of New York since January 2015. She has also served as judge for the New York City Civil Court of Queens County previously to her election. Velasquez is the first Ecuadorian to serve as judge for the Civil Court and Supreme Court of the State of New York.
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Karl A. Brabenec
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Karl A. Brabenec is the New York State Assemblyman from the 98th District. A Republican, he has served in the Assembly since 2014, when he won a special election. The 98th District contains portions of Orange and Rockland Counties in the Hudson Valley.
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Alton R. Waldon
- Occupations
- politicianjudge
- Biography
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Alton Ronald Waldon Jr. was an American politician and jurist from New York who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1986 to 1987 in addition to stints in the New York State Assembly from 1983 to 1986 and New York State Senate from 1991 to 2000, as a member of the Democratic Party.
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Michael Reilly
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael W. Reilly Jr. is a member of the New York State Assembly, representing the 62nd district since 2019. He is a Republican. The district includes portions of the South shore of Staten Island.
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John Cortes
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John Cortes is a Democratic politician from Florida. He served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives from 2014 to 2020, representing northern Osceola County including Buenaventura Lakes, Campbell, Kissimmee, and Poinciana.
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Elvin Nimrod
- Occupations
- lawyerjudgepolitician
- Biography
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Elvin G. Nimrod was a politician from the island of Carriacou. He served in the House of Representatives of Grenada as Parliamentary Representative for Carriacou and Petite Martinique, and has in the past served as Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade, Legal Affairs, Labour, Local Government, Carriacou and Petite Martinique Affairs and Attorney General.
