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Jeffrey Maddrey named new NYPD Chief of Department; Thomas Galati named Chief of Intelligence and Counterterrorism

NEW YORK -- With public safety a top concern of New Yorkers, Mayor Eric Adams is shuffling the deck at the NYPD, installing a new leadership team.

Friday, Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell named Jeffrey Maddrey the new Chief of Department.

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Chief Thomas Galati will serve in the newly created position of Chief of Intelligence and Counterterrorism.

This comes a year into the Adams administration, which has been criticized for failure to bring crime under control.

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