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Former NYPD commissioner Edward Caban resigned last month following an FBI raid of his and his brother’s homes in Rockland County.
In his last days on the job, Caban tossed out a plea deal an NYPD sergeant made with the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), which investigates police misconduct. Video evidence showed the officer forcefully shoving a female protester backward, sending her flying through the air. He ultimately agreed to forfeit 10 vacation days to resolve his misconduct case.
But, ignoring the CCRB recommendation, Caban let the cop walk free without any discipline at all.
It was the 16th time this year he’d done so.
As commissioner, Caban had the right to unilaterally determine the penalty in disciplinary cases. But plea deals with the CCRB, which the accused officers themselves must also agree to, had rarely been overruled under prior commissioners.
All told, Caban dismissed his own officers’ plea deals more often in nine months than all the commissioners had in the 10 prior years combined.
Read more here about the last case Caban threw out before his resignation.
Weather ⛅️
Noticeably cooler today. Partly cloudy with a breeze, with highs in the mid-to-upper 50s.
MTA 🚇
No downtown 2 at Wakefield-241 Street between 9:45 a.m. and 2 p.m., the 7 runs more frequently between Flushing-Main Street and 34th Street-Hudson Yards overnight due to maintenance on the N/Q/R/W, and more. Find the latest delays and planned changes here.
Alternate side parking 🚙
It’s in effect today, Oct. 15.
Sports ⚾️
Last Thursday, the Yankees advanced to the American League Championship Series — an achievement, as some readers noticed, that THE CITY failed to include in Scoop even though we’d featured the Mets’ championship series qualifier the day before. We’re sorry. (Mayor Eric Adams, for his part, made sure he was “covering all his bases.”)
Our Other Top Stories
Following a report by THE CITY, Councilmember Lincoln Restler (D-Brooklyn), who is the chair of the City Council’s government operations committee, demanded answers to conflict-of-interest questions raised by a vacation in Japan that included both Jesse Hamilton, the Adams appointee who oversees the city’s leasing, and Diana Boutross, a top executive at the brokerage that gets paid a commission on those leases. There’s also another potential conflict documented by THE CITY: a registered lobbyist on that trip, who’d lobbied Hamilton on behalf of a Bronx contractor just months earlier.
Two visual artists from South America living in the Hall Street migrant shelter in Brooklyn are displaying their artwork in an exhibition. The artwork is on display in the shelter, though now open only for special visits.
On the latest episode of FAQ NYC, the hosts discuss Adams’ attempt to reboot his administration after all of the departures and investigations. Is there reason to trust the process now? Listen here.
VIRTUAL EVENT
Investigating Adams World: A Conversation with THE CITY
Join our newsroom as we discuss how the Adams administration got to this point, where we spotted red flags and what comes next for the mayor and his team. On Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 7:30pm, hear from THE CITY’s reporters and editors at a virtual discussion and Q&A session for our readers and supporters. We’ll talk about what we know about the latest raids, arrests and allegations, offer insights from our reporters’ notebooks, and answer your questions about what this all means for New York City’s future.
THE KICKER: Just days after the Northern Lights shone above the city last week, a once-every-80,000-years comet started soaring by. It’s still up there for a couple of more weeks, but you may have to get away from the light pollution to see it.
Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Tuesday.
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