The NYPD's top cop, who abruptly resigned late Friday night following damning allegations that he greenlighted a subordinate's staggering overtime pay, has a checkered past.
Chief Jeffrey Madley, who held the highest uniformed rank in the force, regularly preyed on Lt. Quatisha Epps at NYPD headquarters and faced explosive allegations that he solicited sex from the mother of three. After the Post's revelations, he abruptly resigned.
Mayor Adams, a former police officer, on Saturday called the ugly accusations against his longtime friend “very concerning and concerning.”
“The Police Commissioner is conducting a thorough review of all staff, and he is also conducting a thorough review of this matter. It would be inappropriate for me to go into the details of these allegations,” Adams said. Ta.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced that his office is investigating Epps' allegations against Madley, and federal authorities have also opened an investigation, according to NBC.
“These are very serious and disturbing allegations that allegedly occurred at NYPD Headquarters in Manhattan,” said a spokesman for District Attorney Alvin Bragg. “We are investigating.”
Madley joined the NYPD in 1991 and quickly rose through the ranks, becoming the Brooklyn North Patrol Precinct Commander in 2015.
While in the unit, he became close to Adams. Both men were members of the NYPD Guardians Association. The association was a black fraternity that met at the South Oxford Tennis Club in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.
After Adams was elected, Madley boasted to his colleagues that he was confident his longtime friend would give him the prestigious job of chief of patrol, overseeing all borough commands in the New York City Police Department.
Despite initially being appointed housing chief, Madley was quickly promoted to patrol chief by May 2022, and in November was appointed chief of the division, responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the entire 36,000-strong officer force. was promoted to
However, the huge Madley left a lot of damage while climbing the ladder.
He is the subject of numerous lawsuits and disciplinary investigations, including accusations of sexual abuse and harassment by at least three subordinates in the NYPD.
“It's shocking,” said a retired New York City police chief who requested anonymity. “how [Maddrey] Doing what he did all those years ago? ”
A recently retired black detective accused Mr. Madrid of undermining the work of minorities on the force.
“We have made great strides in getting crime back to normal,” he said. “Everyone will now remember that one of the highest-ranking members of the police department is a horndog.”
The four-star police chief also vacated the arrest of a former officer after he allegedly chased and fired a gun at three juveniles who had set off a real estate security camera in Brownsville, Brooklyn, in November 2021. He was criticized. There was a basketball in the office run by the officer's family.
Former Secretary of State Keychant Sewell will no longer grant the embattled chief executive 10 days of leave in 2023 after the Civilian Complaints Board accused him of abusing its power for his own benefit. It moved.
Adams defended his friend amid the controversy surrounding the CCRB's findings, saying he was “proud” to have installed Madley as NYPD chief.
Additional reporting by Khristina Narizhnaya
