[Lauren Taylor]

WE’RE LEARNING NEW INFORMATION ABOUT FORMER N-Y-P-D COMMISSIONER EDWARD CABAN. QUIETLY DISMISSING MULTIPLE DISCIPLINARY CASES AGAINST OFFICERS AHEAD OF HIS RESIGNATION. 

ACCORDING TO “THE CITY” CABAN LET AN OFFICER WALK WITHOUT ANY DISCIPLINE … FOLLOWING INCIDENTS INVOLVING A SERGEANT AND TWO PROTESTERS AT A GEORGE FLOYD DEMONSTRATION IN 20-20. 

THE SERGEANT WAS SEEN ON VIDEO FORCEFULLY SHOVING A WOMAN BACKWARD, AND WAS SEEN SLAMMING A MAN AT THE PROTEST HEAD-FIRST ONTO THE STREET. 

THE CIVILIAN COMPLAINT REVIEW BOARD – OR C-C-R-B – CAME TO A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE SERGEANT WHICH WAS TO FORFEIT 10 VACATION DAYS IN ORDER TO AVOID A TRIAL AND POSSIBLY A HARSHER PENALTY. 

BUT FOUR YEARS LATER – AND A WEEK BEFORE CABAN RESIGNED … HE REJECTED THE PLEA DEAL LETTING THE SERGEANT OFF THE HOOK.

THAT WAS THE SIXTEENTH TIME THIS YEAR CABAN REJECTED PLEA DEALS, ALLOWING OFFICERS TO GET OUT OF DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS. 

AS COMMISSIONER, CABAN HAD THE RIGHT TO DETERMINE THE PENALTY IN DISCIPLINARY CASES, BUT PLEA DEALS WITH THE C-C-R-B HAD RARELY BEEN OVERRULED BY COMMISSIONERS BEFORE CABAN.

ACCORDING TO “THE CITY” HE ELIMINATED THE DISCIPLINE IN PLEA DEALS MORE OFTEN IN NINE MONTHS THAN ALL THE COMMISSIONERS HAD IN 10 YEARS COMBINED.  

CABAN RESIGNED LAST MONTH AFTER FEDERAL AGENTS RAID HIS AND HIS BROTHER’S HOMES. 

HE’S JUST ONE OF NINE STAFFERS UNDER MAYOR ERIC ADAMS WHO’VE RESIGNED AMID A FEDERAL CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION. 

WE’VE ALSO LEARNED THE CITY’S HEALTH COMMISSIONER DOCTOR ASHWIN VASAN IS PLANNING TO LEAVE MONTHS EARLIER THAN PLANNED.

HE REPORTEDLY EMAILED HIS STAFF TUESDAY TO SAY HIS LAST DAY WILL BE FRIDAY. 

VASAN SAYS HE’S LEAVING FOR FAMILY REASONS. 

HE HAS NOT BEEN TIED TO THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION. 

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