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What a Commissioner’s Abrupt Exit

Says About the N.Y.P.D. Under Adams
The next N.Y.P.D. commissioner will have to contend with the
mayor, a wary police force eager for clear leadership and a city
worried about both crime and the use of force.

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Keechant Sewell’s successor will also confront her primary challenge: dealing with a
mayor deeply enmeshed in the department’s workings. Anna Watts for The New York
Times

By Maria Cramer and Chelsia Rose Marcius

June 17, 2023

If Commissioner Keechant Sewell, head of the nation’s largest

police force, wanted to promote an investigator to first-grade
detective, she had to clear it with City Hall, according to her former
top uniformed officer.

When she was selecting someone to run the New York Police
Department’s Intelligence Division, her choice was blocked by
members of Mayor Eric Adams’s administration, according to
several current and former officials.

Maria Cramer is a reporter on the Metro desk. Please send her tips, questions and
complaints about the New York police and crime at maria.cramer@nytimes.com .
@ NYTimesCramer

Chelsia Rose Marcius covers breaking news and criminal justice for the Metro desk, with
a focus on the New York City Police Department.

A version of this article appears in print on June 19, 2023 , Section A , Page 14 of the New York edition with the
headline: What a Commissioner’s Abrupt Departure Says About the N.Y.P.D. Under Adams . Order Reprints | Today’s
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