Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday named long-time law enforcement veteran Chauncey Parker as his new deputy mayor for public safety — plugging one of several vacancies following a recent wave of resignations across his administration.
Parker succeeds Phil Banks, who resigned last week in the wake of federal agents raiding his home and seizing his electronics last month. The new deputy mayor had been Banks’ assistant deputy mayor and, previously, the deputy commissioner for collaborative policing at the NYPD.
