New York Police Commissioner Edward Caban has resigned a week after it came to light that federal authorities had raided his home and seized his phone.

According to BBC, the federal government had launched multiple criminal probes into the city government that have involved officials including Mr Caban, the city’s first Latino police commissioner.

Mr Caban’s resignation left Adams to appoint a new leader of the world’s largest police force for a third time in three years.

He picked Tom Donlon, who ran the FBI’s National Threat Center and helped lead the agency’s investigation into the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City.

During a brief news conference on Thursday afternoon, Adams praised Mr Caban’s tenure as head of the NYPD, saying that there was “a drop in crime for 13 of the 14 months he served as commissioner”.

He then thanked Mr Donlon, a native of the Bronx, “for stepping in during this critical moment”.

He noted that Mr Donlon also helped probe the attacks on US embassies in Africa and the USS Cole in Yemen by al-Qaeda.

In a statement, Mr Donlon said he was honoured and humbled to become the interim commissioner.

He said he would seek to “uphold the highest standards of integrity and transparency”

Mr Caban had led the NYPD since 2023. He was considered a close ally of Mayor Adams.

He wrote in his letter that the raid on his home and the accompanying investigation had “created a distraction for our department”.

Other top New York officials appointed by the mayor – who has faced a corruption probe that appears to be unrelated to this case – also saw their homes raided last week.

They included First Deputy Mayor Sheena Wright, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Philip Banks III and Chancellor of New York City Public Schools David C Banks.

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