Going down Zohran Mandami’s to do list, the nyc mayor fired the controversial NYPD Sheriff Anthony Miranda, replacing him with NYPD whistleblower Edwin Raymond.
Miranda’s dismissal was expected as Mamdani has often spoken about clearing his administration of the controversies from the previous Eric Adams administration.
Raymond was an NYPD whistleblower and spent over a decade with the NYPD, retiring early in order to “lead a nationwide evolution in policing.”
Raymond published a book, “An Inconvenient Cop: My Fight to Change Policing in America” back in 2023 and also was unsuccessful in a run for City Council in 2021.
Miranda’s tenure as sheriff was marked by controversy, particularly over his office’s handling of illegal cannabis enforcement as well as city investigators probing reports that the Sheriff’s Office improperly seized evidence from unlicensed pot shops.
During that investigation, more than $100,000 in cash inside safes at the Sheriff’s Office in Queens were discovered — from which the sheriff said that his deputies don’t collect money during raids.
The safes holding the cash were discovered in large shipping containers which had been seized in a pot shop raid as well a ledger with pages torn out, insiders told the investigation team.
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