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New York City Mayor Eric Adams Accepts Another Top Resignation Amid Federal Probe

Phillip Banks, deputy mayor for public safety since 2022 and former NYPD chief of department, has stepped down.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams Accepts Another Top Resignation Amid Federal Probe
New York City Police Dept. Chief of Department Philip Banks attends a news conference in New York on Jan. 30, 2014. AP Photo
Matt McGregor
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on Oct. 7 that he has accepted the resignation of Philip Banks, deputy mayor for public safety.

Banks is the latest New York City public official to resign amid a federal probe into Adams’s alleged illegal campaign activity.

Matt McGregor
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