Embattled NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell is stepping down from her post after just 18 months on the job, Mayor Eric Adams confirmed in a Monday statement.
The news of Sewell’s departure, first reported by the New York Post, comes just two days after the very same paper published a report citing sources saying she had little power within the department she was charged with running. It included the revelation that Sewell has had to consult City Hall every time she wished to promote detectives to higher-ranking positions or cops to the level of detective.
The tension between Sewell and the mayor reportedly hit a breaking point when she, late last month, recommended discipline against NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey for intervening in a 2021 gun arrest involving one of his former colleagues. Adams is an ally of Maddrey’s and has defended his handling of the case in question, saying he handled it “appropriately.”
