Mayor Adams taps acting NYPD Commish Edward Caban to be department’s 46th top cop

By Dean Moses & Ethan Stark-Miller

Posted on July 17, 2023

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Edward Caban will have the “acting” label removed from his job title as the NYPD’s 46th commissioner, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday — less than a month after his predecessor Keechant Sewell abruptly resigned.

With the July 17 appointment outside the 40th Precinct in the Bronx, Adams elevated Caban from his status as acting commissioner to the NYPD’s official next top cop. The Bronx precinct is where Caban made his bones as a rookie in 1991.

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Mayor Adams taps acting NYPD Commish Edward Caban to be department’s 46th top cop

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