Adams continues to deny reports of Tom Donlon’s resignation

Mayor Eric Adams reiterated Friday that his interim police commissioner, Tom Donlon, will not be leaving his administration anytime soon.

“I’ve said this a thousand times, you’ve heard it on our off-topics. When it comes time to make personnel announcements, we will,” Adams said. “People who want to give away information or think they have some of these sources will write stories prematurely.”

Donlon has only been in office for a month. He became interim chief of the police department after embattled Commissioner Edward Caban resigned after his phone was seized by federal investigators.

Donlon’s tenure was immediately shaken when federal agents also executed a search warrant at his homes and seized materials unrelated to his police work.

Reports circulated Thursday that the interim police commissioner would be leaving, but City Hall and the mayor have repeatedly denied the claims.

“Whoever the police chief of the city of New York will be, I will examine and ensure that they continue the success that we have seen under Commissioner Sewell, under Commissioner Caban and now under Commissioner Donlon,” Adams said.

Whoever replaces Donlon will be the fourth commissioner to lead the NYPD in two years.

Names that have been floated as possible successors include current Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch and former Deputy Police Commissioner Ben Tucker.

“People want to do other things, but the foundation of our administration is still largely there. And we have a deep bench. We have strong power in the city and we have strong power in our administration,” Adams said.

News of a police shakeup comes as two school security units have now been linked to federal investigations.

Sources said Kevin Taylor, a former Manhattan North commander and commander of the school’s security unit, was attacked by federal agents Thursday afternoon. Taylor’s phone was also confiscated.

The FBI then contacted the school security offices at Queens Plaza Noth.

Sources told NY1 that the actions were related to an investigation into Adams’ former senior official, Tim Pearson.

In a statement Friday, Deputy Mayor for Communications Fabien Levy said, “As we always say, we expect all employees to comply with all law enforcement investigations.”

Also Friday, Adams weighed in on recent high-profile resignations and denied that Gov. Kathy Hochul was pulling any strings behind the scenes to hold on to his mayoralty.

“Do you think I would be a puppet mayor and allow others to choose my administration? Is that me? Is that me as a person? The governor is a partner. She has always been very supportive throughout my time [the] Office. We’ve done some great things together,” he said.