NYC mayor names former police official to public safety job
Mayor Eric Adams is naming a former high-ranking police official whose phone was once wiretapped in a federal corruption investigation as his deputy mayor for public safety, reviving a position not seen in the Big Apple since the early 1990s.
Former NYPD Chief of Department Phillip Banks confirmed his selection, which had been widely anticipated since Adams’ election, in a guest essay Friday in the New York Daily News.
The mayor’s office sent out an official announcement hours after Banks’ essay appeared, but did not respond to questions from The Associated Press regarding his selection.