Top-cop contenders
2 head Eric’s list to replace Sewell
The Adams administration is zeroing in on a replacement for outgoing NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell ahead of her last day Friday — with First Deputy Commissioner Edward Caban and Department of Sanitation head Jessica Tisch on the shortlist, The Post has learned.
Both Mayor Adams and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Phil Banks have lauded Tisch, an heiress whose family owns the Loews Corporation, in public and private — but sources with knowledge of the discussions said Caban is the likely favorite.
While Tisch — who spent nearly a decade as the NYPD’s deputy commissioner
for information technology — is “highly, highly qualified,” naming Caban would make for a more seamless transition, the sources said.
Caban, the department’s second-highest-ranking member, has more than three decades on the job.
If chosen, he would make history as the department’s first Latino top cop — something sources noted appeals to Adams, who also appointed the NYPD’s first woman commissioner in Sewell to the $243,171-a-year post.
Another source described Tisch as a “major player” who wants to be police commissioner and comes with an entire “ecosystem” around her.
Her parents, James and Merryl Tisch, wield tremendous power as major donors in the city’s political circles, and the family co-owns the New York Giants.
“But she’s no lap dog,” the source said, a nod to Sewell, whose power struggles with City Hall, The Post has reported, led to her sudden resignation announcement.
Sources expect Sewell’s replacement to be named as early as Friday, ahead of the July Fourth weekend that historically clocks rampant gun violence.