Eric Adams calls explosive allegations against NYPD ally ‘extremely

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Saturday distanced himself from a top NYPD official whom he previously promoted and defended, following new graphic sexual assault allegations.

“The allegations are extremely concerning and alarming,” Adams told reporters Saturday. “The police commissioner is doing a full review of all personnel, but she’s also doing a full review of this issue, and it just would be inappropriate for me to go into the details of these allegations.”

On Saturday morning, a New York Post report outlined in explosive detail allegations from one of Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey’s underlings that he repeatedly sexually assaulted her in exchange for granting her overtime. He resigned late Friday night, hours before the story was published.

Adams — a retired NYPD captain — had stood by Maddrey in the past, elevating him to the department’s top uniformed position despite a troubled record.

A City Hall spokesperson separately released a statement about the news.

“We are deeply disturbed by these allegations and the NYPD is investigating this matter,” spokesperson Kayla Mamelak Altus said. “Mayor Adams is working in close coordination with Police Commissioner [Jessica Tisch] as the NYPD conducts a separate department-wide review to ensure no high ranking officers are using their power inappropriately.”

Maddrey’s attorney denied the allegations to the Post and suggested the accuser is coming forward because of scrutiny around her immense overtime payments that brought her salary to more than $400,000 last year.

“She’s obviously drowning and in the deep end of the pool without a lifesaver,” Maddrey’s attorney, Lambros Lambrou, told the paper. “She wants to take down as many people as she can. This is completely meritless, and we deny every aspect of it.”

Maddrey’s resignation and the sordid allegations are the latest scandal to rock the Adams administration as the mayor prepares for reelection next year.

The mayor’s inner circle, which once held sway over the nation’s largest city government, has largely vanished as aide after aide has resigned or been pushed out because of corruption investigations, raids and indictments. On Thursday,the mayor’s chief adviser and political confidant of 40 years was indicted by the Manhattan district attorney. And the mayor himself is facing a federal bribery case. Both have plead not guilty.

The NYPD has been a particular locus of chaos, with Adams already on his fourth commissioner just three years into his term.

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When Maddrey was accused of improperly intervening in an arrest, the mayor publicly and privately urged former NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell not to impose a recommended disciplinary measure.

That case against Maddrey was eventually dismissed by Sewell’s successor, Edward Caban — who himself resigned amid a federal criminal probe.

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