Two double-dipping NYPD execs asked to leave amid Adams admin shake-up

Two prime NYPD executives — who had been quietly pulling in a hefty pension and an almost quarter-million-dollar wage beneath the doubtful title of deputy commissioner — have been proven the door, The Put up has discovered.

Inside Affairs boss Joseph Reznick and the top of the division’s worker relations Robert Ganley had been requested to go away Thursday as new Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell and her administration slowly begin to clear home, police sources stated.

There was no phrase on who would substitute them. The NYPD didn't instantly reply for remark.

Information of the ousters comes simply weeks after The Put up revealed Ganley was taxied backwards and forwards from New York Metropolis to Philadelphia for a swanky gala in a police chopper on taxpayers’ dime.

Ganley, 67, was filling in for former Police Commissioner Dermot Shea on the Annual Military-Navy Gala on Dec. 10 when he took the flight that roughly price a minimum of $1,200 in gas for the 200-mile spherical journey, on prime of the salaries of the flight crew, who pull in additional than $100,000 a 12 months.

An FDNY chief additionally attended the gala rather than the hearth commissioner however opted to drive the few hours to the Metropolis of Brotherly Love.

Deputy Commissioner Robert Ganley was also asked to leave the NYPD weeks after he used a tax-payer funded helicopter to attend a gala.
Deputy Commissioner Robert Ganley was additionally requested to go away the NYPD weeks after he used a tax-payer funded helicopter to attend a gala.
Gregory P. Mango

Ganley and Reznick each collected a pension and wage whereas serving as NYPD deputy commissioners — regardless of not truly carrying the title by the letter of the legislation, The Put up beforehand reported.

The 70-year-old Reznick — who sources instructed The Put up usually bragged about his sizable paycheck — was making a wage of $241,116 and had been gathering a $177,825.72 annual pension since 2016 when he turned 65.

He formally retired as a uniformed officer within the NYPD in 2014 after becoming a member of in 1982 — however was concurrently appointed to the submit of deputy commissioner.

The exit of the deputy commissioners come amid a shake-up from new Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell.
The exit of the deputy commissioners come amid a shake-up from new Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell.
Lev Radin/Pacific Press by way of ZUMA Press Wire

The previous IAB head boasted on his LinkedIn web page that the position was created for him “resulting from a ridiculous restricted age requirement” capping uniformed service at 63.

Whereas Reznick was on the helm of IAB for almost eight years, the unit made headlines for utilizing the division’s controversial use of administrative subpoenas to acquire the information from a Put up reporter’s Twitter account. The unit additionally efficiently bought their fingers on one other reporter’s cellphone information through the inside probe right into a leaked mug shot of Cuba Gooding Jr.

Ganley's retirement ceremony in 2017 before he was brought back for a new role.
Ganley’s retirement ceremony in 2017 earlier than he was introduced again for a brand new position.
William Farrington

Ganley has been gathering a $127,541 annual pension since 2019. He filed his retirement paperwork 14 months earlier when he was appointed to the employee-relations position and at the moment makes a $245,438 annual wage.

Each had been known as deputy commissioners regardless of not carrying the title formally, in accordance with metropolis payroll. Reznick was listed as a director of Inside Affairs and Ganley was an assistant to the police commissioner, metropolis paperwork present.

Underneath the Metropolis Constitution, the NYPD is just alleged to have seven deputies. The division, although, at the moment has 17 deputy commissioners.

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