Incoming New York Mayor to Appoint First Woman to Lead City’s Police Department

Incoming New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Nassau County Chief of Detectives Keechant Sewell arrive for a ceremony in which she will be announced as the first ever female NYPD Commissioner, in Queensbridge Houses, Queens, N.Y., on Dec. 15, 2021. Andrew Kelly/Reuters

New York Mayor-elect Eric Adams will appoint a woman to serve as commissioner of the city’s police department for the first time in its 176-year history, local media reported on Tuesday.

Adams, himself a former New York City police captain, will introduce Keechant Sewell at a news conference in Queens on Wednesday, New York’s Daily News reported.