Law Enforcement Officials Raid Another Top Aide To Eric Adams

NEW YORK — Law enforcement agents raided the home of a former New York Police Department official Thursday, marking the latest instance of federal prosecutors probing a friend and ally of New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

Early in his tenure Adams tapped Jeffrey Maddrey as the NYPD’s chief of department, the highest uniformed position that comes with oversight of the agency’s day-to-day activities. Last month, Maddrey abruptly stepped down from his post after explosive allegations of sexual harassment.

On Thursday, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said officials are now looking into the former cop and that he had been officially suspended.

“At my direction, the Internal Affairs Bureau of the New York City Police Department is working with law enforcement authorities to investigate allegations against former Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey,” Tisch said in a statement. “Maddrey was suspended from the Department this morning, as law enforcement agents executed search warrants at several locations, including his residence.”

Tisch directed further questions to the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York. A spokesperson, Nicholas Biase, declined to comment on the raids.

Maddrey’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Maddrey has denied he sexually assaulted a woman working for him, saying the relationship was consensual.

The Adams administration has been beset by law enforcement raids for more than a year. And the mayor himself is set to stand trial on federal bribery charges in April.

Agents have combed through the homes of many of the mayor’s closest confidantes and have taken a special interest in his picks to lead the police department. A former commissioner, the former deputy mayor for public safety, Adams’ senior adviser for public safety and now Maddrey have all left after law enforcement probes into their conduct.

That hollowing out of NYPD leadership — all of them longtime friends of the mayor who were handpicked for the job — comes just as Adams must gear up for reelection after promising to effectively manage the nation’s largest police department.