NYPD commissioner heading for the exit amid corruption scandal surrounding Mayor Adams

NEW YORK — New York Police Department Commissioner Tom Donlon is expected to step down in the coming days, according to four people with knowledge of the situation.

Mayor Eric Adams tapped Donlon just last month to take over the top cop job after forcing his former commissioner, Edward Caban, to step down. Caban’s departure came days after federal investigators seized his and his brother James Caban’s phones as part of a probe into allegations that James Caban was running a protection racket.

Not long after Donlon accepted the commissioner job, federal agents also searched his home.

According to four people who were granted anonymity to speak about a sensitive matter, Donlon and his closest advisers were packing up their belongings Thursday in preparation to leave NYPD headquarters. One of those people also noted that Donlon has cleared meetings from his official schedule in the coming days.

Two of the people said that Adams’ administration is focused on two candidates to potentially replace Donlon: Jessica Tisch, the current Sanitation Department commissioner, and Ben Tucker, who previously served as first deputy NYPD commissioner.