The mayor is a former NYPD captain who spent 22 years in the police department, and who won his election on a platform of public safety. Yet he also spent years as a department outsider, criticizing the NYPD’s policies. This blend of dedication and skepticism informs who Adams has chosen to oversee the nation’s largest police force, and his relationships with his fellow officers stretch back decades.
Jessica Tisch
A "competent" top cop with bottomless pockets—and an eye trained on Gracie Mansion?
Dr. Phil
You don't need a degree in psychology to know Dr. Phil and Eric Adams are cut from the same reactionary cloth when it comes to topics like immigration and policing.
Bernard Adams
Younger brother Bernard Adams couldn't make it past the City's ethics board—but his wife, Sharon, sure did.
Dwayne Montgomery
An old friend the mayor doesn't care to claim, indicted in a straw donor scheme.
Edward Caban
The Adams administration's second police commissioner is a team player and a Masonic brother.
Lisa White
Eric Adams's former roommate (or is it landlord?) in charge of NYPD officer morale—too bad she tanks it.
Jeffrey Maddrey
Once the top uniformed cop in the NYPD, despite a checkered history that includes an alleged affair with a subordinate and intervening in the arrest of a former colleague in custody for allegedly brandishing a gun at kids.
Philip Banks III
From unindicted co-conspirator in a federal corruption case to Mayor Adams's deputy mayor for public safety in less than a decade.
