Edward Caban, the New York City police commissioner, announced today that he had resigned. Officials in City Hall had asked Caban to quit after federal agents seized his phone last week as part of a criminal investigation — one of several focused on members of Mayor Eric Adams’s administration.

Caban, who was appointed to his role last summer, explained in an email to the Police Department that the investigation had “created a distraction for the department.” Under his leadership, police officials touted recent drops in the city’s crime rate. But his successes were overshadowed by a series of federal inquiries targeting Caban and other top city officials.

In all, there appear to be at least four federal investigations focused on the mayor and some of his most senior aides. One is examining whether Adams and his campaign conspired with the government of Turkey; another is focused on a bribery scheme involving city contracts; the third includes Caban, his brother and other police officials; and a fourth is targeting the mayor’s Asian affairs liaison.

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