New York City’s police commissioner resigns as investigations swirl around mayor’s inner circle

New York Police Department Commissioner Edward Caban has resigned, he said Thursday in a statement, marking the first high-profile departure from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration since the start of four separate federal investigations into his office and the NYPD.

New York Police Department Commissioner Edward Caban has resigned, he said Thursday in a statement, marking the first high-profile departure from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration since the start of four separate federal investigations into Adams’ office and the NYPD. Adams appointed a former FBI official as interim commissioner. Caban’s departure comes days after it was first reported investigators with the US attorney’s office for New York’s Southern District had seized his electronic devices and phones. The investigation involves Caban’s brother and enforcement around nightclubs in New York City, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN. Details of the probe remain unclear. Several other members of the mayor’s staff are being investigated by the US attorneys in the Eastern and Southern Districts in New York. In a statement Thursday, Caban said: “The news around recent developments has created a distraction for our department, and I am unwilling to let my attention be on anything other than our important work, or the safety of the men and women of the NYPD.”