Source: Mayor Eric Adams expected to name new NYPD commissioner Monday

NEW YORK -- A source tells CBS New York that Mayor Eric Adams will name a new police commissioner Monday.

Former commissioner Keechant Sewell stepped down in June, about 18 months after she became the first woman to lead the NYPD.

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Sewell has not spoken publicly about why she left.

Edward Caban, who began his career with the NYPD in 1991 as a police officer in the Bronx, has been serving as interim commissioner since Sewell stepped down.

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