Ignoring Ethics Concerns, Adams Selects Ex-Police Official as Deputy Mayor

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Philip Banks, who resigned from the NYPD in 2014 while under investigation for corruption, announced his own appointment as deputy mayor in a Daily News opinion piece on Friday. A spokesman for Mayor Eric Adams said, "We do things in a different way."

Philip Banks III, who was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in a wide-ranging corruption investigation, is Mayor Eric Adams’s pick for first deputy mayor for public safety.
Ignoring Ethics Concerns, Adams Selects Ex-Police Official as Deputy Mayor

Philip Banks III, who resigned from the Police Department while under federal investigation, announced his own appointment in a newspaper opinion piece.
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11:10 AM · Jan 7, 2022

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/07/nyregion/eric-adams-philip-banks-deputy-mayor.html

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In the last few weeks, as Mayor Eric Adams unveiled top members of his new administration in one splashy news conference after another, one expected move had not come: the naming of a controversial former top police chief as the deputy mayor for public safety.

On Friday morning, the former chief, Philip Banks III, announced his own appointment as deputy mayor in an opinion piece in The Daily News.

Mr. Banks’s appointment had been delayed amid concerns about whether his 2014 resignation from the New York Police Department while the subject of a federal corruption investigation would hamper his credibility and ability to perform the job. Mr. Banks was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in a wide-ranging corruption investigation that resulted in several convictions.

When he left the force, Mr. Banks had been chief of department, the highest-ranking uniformed position, and was about to become first deputy to William J. Bratton, then the incoming police commissioner.

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[Me.]

1. Sigh

I also wish the mayor would stop using the word 'my'. My commissioner, my chancellor, my low skilled workers and so on...as used in recent press conferences. They are not his and...it is reminiscent of someone else .

[WHITT]

2. Remind Me Again

in which party Adams is a member?

When do the Dems start announcing their candidacies for Mayor?

[Celerity]

16. +10000000000000000

[LoisB]

3. Something about this Adams guy ... I don't trust him. Just my opinion, I am not a New York

resident.

[leftstreet]

4. lol and it's only day 7

[BlackSkimmer]

7. Yeah, but he's got swagger, doncha know!

[a kennedy]

8. Yah, what the hell does that even mean.....swagger my arse.

[BlackSkimmer]

21. Usually people who use that phrase about themselves are kinda sad, in my experience.

Though to be honest, I’ve never known anyone personally who talks like that. More of an MTV, TMZ kind of thing.

[Me.]

19. This Is Why Katherine Garcia & Maya Wiley

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were #1 & 2 on my ballot. People skipped right by when he said things like children get too much sleep and as he never needed more than 4 hours all his life he didn't think they should get more than 6-7 hours.

[leftstreet]

20. Ugh

He sounds kinda sorta Trumpy

I hope that's not where this country's headed

[demmiblue]

22. That's bizarre.

[Carlitos Brigante]

5. Mhmm, soooo far, so good. nt

[WhiskeyGrinder]

6. lmaooooooo

[msongs]

9. NYPD is now running the city nt

[Celerity]

18. Eric Adams taps younger brother Bernard as a deputy police commissioner

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Mayor Eric Adams has tapped his younger brother to serve as a deputy NYPD commissioner, The Post has learned.

Bernard Adams, a 56-year-old retired NYPD sergeant, will oversee governmental affairs, he confirmed Friday. But the full scope of his responsibilities was not immediately clear.

Internal documents obtained by The Post show Bernard Adams listed as a deputy commissioner on the official NYPD roster.

A civilian post, deputy police commissioners typically make around $242,000, although it was not immediately clear what his salary would be in the department.

Bernard Adams’ LinkedIn profile lists his current job as assistant director for parking at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he’s been employed since 2011.

[Xoan]

11. Four more years!

Four more years!

[gratuitous]

12. "We do things in a different way"

From this vantage point, that "different way" looks like naked corruption. Which isn't nearly so different as Mayor Adams might think.

[PortTack]

13. This and now hiring his brother to a high level position. This will not sit well with New Yorkers

Talk about letting the office fall to the gqp!!

[gldstwmn]

15. It just keeps getting better or worse as the case may be.

I'm really starting to not like this guy.

[XanaDUer2]

17. He was a Republican. Nt

[Sewa]

23. Strange nobody is defending this move

I’m sure Mr Banks has learned a lesson and will ask to be payed in bitcoins. Just like the Mayor.

[NurseJackie]

24. I hope they work well together.

JFK tapped his own brother RFK to be the GD attorney general of the United States. This isn't unprecedented.

I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt and reserve judgement until there's actually a reason to be legitimately concerned.