Edward Caban resigns, former FBI official named interim NYC police commissioner

>> ALL RIGHT. HEATHER AND DANNY, THANK YOU. 433. AND BACK TO THE SHAKEUP AT THE NYPD. COMMISSIONER EDWARD CABANA'S RESIGNATION GOING INTO EFFECT LATER TODAY. WE KNOW CABAN FACED CALLS TO STEP ASIDE AFTER FEDERAL AGENTS TOOK HIS PHONE LAST WEEK, ALL PART OF A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. SO WHO'S GOING TO REPLACE HIM? WELL, AT THIS POINT, THOMAS DONLON, A RETIRED FBI OFFICIAL, HAS NOW BEEN NAMED INTERIM COMMISSIONER. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER PHIL TATE, FOLLOWING THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS THIS MORNING. PHIL, WHAT DO WE KNOW? >> YEAH, MIKE. GOOD MORNING. AS OF 5 P.M. TODAY, THE LARGEST POLICE FORCE IN THE NATION WILL HAVE A NEW POLICE COMMISSIONER. THIS IS EDDIE CABANA. STEPS ASIDE AND RESIGNS FROM THE DEPARTMENT THAT HE SERVED MORE THAN THREE DECADES WITH, AIMING TO KEEP NEW YORKERS SAFE. HE SERVED AS THE TOP COP FOR THE PAST 14 MONTHS FOLLOWING HIS APPOINTMENT BACK IN JULY OF LAST YEAR. HE MADE HISTORY AS THE FIRST HISPANIC TO BE MADE TO MAKE IT TO THE POST. A CRACKDOWN ON CRIME AND TACKLE THE CITY'S SAFETY ISSUES. WHILE IT TOOK HIM 30 YEARS TO REACH THE 14TH FLOOR OF ONE POLICE PLAZA, HIS CAREER WITH THE DEPARTMENT COMES TO AN END AS THE FEDERAL PROBE LOOKS INTO POSSIBLE CORRUPTION BY PEOPLE CLOSE TO HIM, INCLUDING HIS BROTHER. THIS AS CBN'S PHONE WAS SEIZED JUST DAYS AGO BY FEDERAL AUTHORITIES AS PART OF THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION. NOW, CALLS FOR HIS RESIGNATION STARTED TO GET LOUDER AND LOUDER BY THE DAY. ALTHOUGH THERE ISN'T A SINGLE CHARGE AGAINST HIM. AS CABANA STEPS ASIDE, THE PERSON TAPPED TO REPLACE HIM, THOMAS DONLON, SEEN IN THIS PICTURE, WHICH COMES FROM FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUTSIDE OF THE NYPD. NOW DONLON, A BRONX NATIVE WHO WORKED FOR 30 YEARS WITH THE FBI AND WAS HEAD OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR NEW YORK STATE. THE APPOINTMENT OF DONLON BYPASSES FIRST DEPUTY TANYA KINSELLA AND OTHER TOP NYPD LEADERSHIP, INCLUDING CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT JEFFREY MADDREY AND CHIEF OF PATROL JOHN CHELL. NOW, AS THE MAYOR CONTINUES TO RECOVER FROM COVID, HE MADE THIS STATEMENT PUTTING HIS CONFIDENCE IN DONLAN'S ABILITY TO SERVE. >> TOM IS AN EXPERIENCED LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL WHO HAS WORKED AT THE LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. >> NOW DONLON YESTERDAY, IN A STATEMENT SAYING, MY GOALS ARE CLEAR TO CONTINUE THE HISTORIC PROGRESS, DECREASING CRIME AND REMOVING ILLEGAL GUNS FROM OUR COMMUNITIES UPHOLD THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND SUPPORT OUR DEDICATED OFFICERS. NOW, CABANA DENIES ANY WRONGDOING AS HE SAYS THAT HE IS NOT THE TARGET OF THIS INVESTIGATION. NOW, THIS