New York Police Commissioner Edward Caban has resigned a week after it came to light that federal authorities had raided his home and seized his phone, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced, Report informs referring to BBC.
The federal government has launched multiple criminal probes into the city government that have involved officials including Mr Caban, the city’s first Latino police commissioner.
Mr Caban’s resignation left Adams to appoint a new leader of the world’s largest police force for a third time in three years.
He picked Tom Donlon, who ran the FBI’s National Threat Center and helped lead the agency’s investigation into the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City.
Mr Caban had led the NYPD since 2023. He was considered a close ally of Mayor Adams.
He wrote in his letter that the raid on his home and the accompanying investigation had “created a distraction for our department”.
Other top New York officials appointed by the mayor – who has faced a corruption probe that appears to be unrelated to this case – also saw their homes raided last week.
They included First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Philip Banks III and Chancellor of New York City Public Schools David C Banks.
US attorneys seized their phones, along with the phone of Mr Caban’s twin brother, as part of their investigations.