New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell is resigning from her job as top cop, ending her 18-month tenure amid an ongoing power struggle with City Hall.
In a statement on Monday evening, Mayor Eric Adams thanked Sewell for her leadership. “When we came into office, crime was trending upwards, and thanks to the brave men and women of the NYPD, most of the major crime categories are now down,” the emailed statement read. “The commissioner worked nearly 24 hours a day, seven days a week for a year and a half, and we are all grateful for her service. New Yorkers owe her a debt of gratitude.”
But even if Adams has publicly praised his commissioner, there has been tension behind the scenes. Sewell wasn’t able to make even simple moves like promoting a cop to detective without approval from City Hall, the New York Post reported Saturday. Police insiders have long said it seemed like Adams and his Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks – both of whom are retired police officers – were bigfooting Sewell, and the problem reportedly got worse when the commissioner followed through on disciplining Chief of Department Jeff Maddrey for wrongly intervening in an arrest. Maddrey is a favorite of Adams and others in City Hall, and the mayor seemed to undermine Sewell by publicly defending Maddrey.
One City Council member who asked for anonymity to discuss a developing situation, suggested that Sewell leaving One Police Plaza was more a question of when than if. “If someone is surprised,” they said, “that’s because they haven’t been paying attention.”
Cannot blame her at all, live long and prosper Commissioner Sewell.
Mayor Eric Adams wants you to goo goo. pic.twitter.com/Vp9xVA7dIE
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18 comments:
Keechant wasn't a "Yes Man" ! Swagger Man with no plan only wants to hire lackeys phonies and the family flunkies to make him look better. Keechant Sewell did her job well and good luck to her in the future.
Mayor Goo Goo
Lady Gaga
Gigi, am I a fool who's lost his mind?
Is Philip Banks on deck ?
Swagger made manny campaign promises to make the city safer. Will he deliver now ?
Perhaps a more conservative approach is required ?
I wish she could run for mayor, to teach Adam a lesson or two, how thing should be running in city Hall and in city in general, What Adam was doing is really disappointing, doubt he could be re-elected again after all of this.
I pray that NY doesn’t go the way of San Francisco.
May The Good Lord bless all the Women & Men in Blue that protect us everyday.
Thank you.
Adams and Banks birds of a feather....
I don’t blame her for leaving. I wish her all the best.
She got a raw deal !
I dont blame her. Who wants the job when all you do is lock up the same individuals 20 times over and over again? You lock them up, they are back out 12 hours later. That is frustrating. I wish her luck
Adams and co are just a typical bunch of TrumpTurds.
What this article is saying is that Swagger man with no plan is out to lunch when it's time to run NYC.
@"May The Good Lord bless all the Women & Men in Blue that protect us everyday."
Yes, and I also pray to the Tooth Fairy for some extra cash for those good people. With a little extra prayer to Santa Claus for more phones for them to stare at all day. I pray to the Elf On A Shelf to keep an eye on them and make them do good. I pray to Zeus for their wellbeing and to Ares to make them resolute and warlike.
Just to cover all bases, I'd also like to pray to Allah, Vishnu, and any Gods from the past and ones yet to be discovered in the future.
Please, mighty [insert your God here], help these good people to protect us from the evils of socialism and those ghastly Woke types. Especially the ones who don't believe in the one true [insert your God here].
Evil will always shy away and deny the light.
Remember when Trump was President and the Democrats were all demanding he be removed by the 25th amendment? Strangely, not a whisper from them today.
Demorats defunded the police, if you get attacked vote better next time or just take it.
Bragg's New York. Enjoy.
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