Monahan put in his retirement papers last week after Mayor de Blasio asked him to become senior adviser for recovery safety planning in the city’s COVID-19 recovery effort.
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Mayor Bill de Blasio named his top uniformed police official, who came under fire for the department’s enforcement tactics during Black Lives Matter protests, to be a special public-safety adviser.
Terence Monahan, 59, who has served the last three years as chief of department, plans to retire…
NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan is expected to announce his retirement Thursday and take on a public safety advisory role as the city looks to recover.
De Blasio names NYPD s Monahan senior advisor; Harrison named Chief of Department
By FOX 5 NY Staff
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NEW YORK - Terence Monahan, the highest-ranking uniformed police officer in the NYPD, is leaving the department to become Mayor Bill de Blasio s senior advisor.
De Blasio introduced Monahan, 59, as the newest Senior Advisor for Recovery, Safety and Planning, during a briefing from City Hall Thursday afternoon. There is nothing I want more than to see New York like it was two years ago. There is nothing better that I can do, said Monahan.
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