hi New York City Police Commissioner resigns after his phone was seized in federal investigation New York AP New York City Police Commissioner Edward kabon resigned Thursday one week after it emerged that his phone was seized as part of a federal investigation that touched several members of Mayor Eric Adams Inner Circle kabon who had been in charge of the nation's largest Police Department for about 15 months said in an email to staff that he made the decision to resign after the news around recent developments had created a destruction for our department I am unwilling to let my attention beyond anything other than our important work or the safety of the men and women of the NYPD he added in the email obtained by the Associated Press at a news conference Thursday Adams praised kabon for making our city safer and said he had named Tom Donlan a retired FBI official as the interim police commissioner donlin previously served as the chief of the FBI's National threat Center and once led the office of Homeland Security in New York before starting his own security firm in 2020 he helped lead the investigation into the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and investigated the 1998 US Embassy bombings and USS Co bombing thank you