There’s new information about more issues within New York City Mayor Eric Adams‘ administration. Former New York City Police Commissioner Edward Caban reportedly dismissed multiple disciplinary cases ahead of his resignation.
According to The City, Caban let an officer walk without any discipline following incidents involving a sergeant and two protesters at a George Floyd demonstration in 2020.
Sgt. Bilal Ates was seen on video forcefully shoving a woman backward and was seen slamming a man at the protest head-first onto the street.
The Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) came to a tentative agreement with Ates, which was to forfeit 10 vacation days in order to avoid a trial and possibly a harsher penalty.
Four years later and a week before Caban resigned, he rejected the plea deal and let Ates off the hook. That was the 16th time this year Caban rejected plea deals, allowing officers to get out of disciplinary actions.
As commissioner, Caban had the right to determine the penalty in disciplinary cases, but plea deals with the CCRB had rarely been overruled by commissioners before Caban.
According to The City, he eliminated the discipline in plea deals more often in nine months than all the commissioners had in 10 years combined.
Caban resigned in September after federal agents raided his and his brother’s homes. He’s one of nine staffers under Mayor Eric Adams who have resigned amid a federal corruption investigation.
New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan announced Tuesday, Oct. 15, he will leave months earlier than planned.
He reportedly emailed his staff and said his last day will be Friday, Oct. 18. Vasan said he’s leaving for family reasons. He has not been tied to the federal investigation as of yet.