Interim NYPD Commissioner takes over after Edward Caban resigns

LOWS IN THE 80S. OUR HIGHS IN THE LOW 80S. HANG ON WITH SUNSHINE BEFORE THE RAIN. CHANCES RETURN NEXT WEEK. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT COMING UP. >> LOOKING FORWARD TO IT NOW. MORE ON THIS RESIGNATION OF NYPD COMMISSIONER EDWARD CABAN TAKING EFFECT LATER ON TODAY. A FORMER FBI OFFICIAL WILL NOW BE TAKING OVER TEMPORARILY AS THE WORK OF COURSE, BEGINS TO FIND A PERMANENT REPLACEMENT. >> YES, THE STUNNING MOVE CAME AFTER THE LATEST SERIES OF RAIDS RELATED TO A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION TARGETING SEVERAL HIGH RANKING MEMBERS OF THE ADAMS ADMINISTRATION. EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER PHIL TATE LIVE AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS IN LOWER MANHATTAN. PHIL >> YES. EARLIER TODAY MARKS EDWARD GIBBON'S FINAL DAY ON THE JOB. THIS HAS CALLED FOR HIM TO RESIGN. BECAME LOUDER BY THE DAY AFTER FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS HAD SUBPOENAED HIS CELL PHONES, AS HIS CAREER NOW COMES TO AN END WITH THE DEPARTMENT, HIS REPLACEMENT NOW LOOKS AHEAD TO KEEP THE CITY SAFE. >> A SHORT TIME AGO, I ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION OF THE NYPD COMMISSIONER EDWARD CABAN. HE CONCLUDED THAT THIS IS THE BEST DECISION AT THIS TIME. >> MAYOR ADAMS, REACTING TO EDWARD BARNES DECISION LESS THAN 24 HOURS AGO TO STEP DOWN AS NEW YORK CITY'S TOP COP, HIS 14 MONTH APPOINTMENT LEADING THE NATION'S LARGEST POLICE DEPARTMENT COMES TO AN END. WRITING IN HIS RESIGNATION LETTER, THE NYPD DESERVES SOMEONE WHO CAN SOLELY FOCUS ON PROTECTING AND SERVING NEW YORK CITY, WHICH IS WHY, FOR THE GOOD OF THIS CITY AND THIS DEPARTMENT, I HAVE MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO RESIGN AS POLICE COMMISSIONER. >> I WAS, AS SURPRISED AS YOU TO LEARN OF THESE INQUIRIES. >> BARNES DEPARTURE COMES DAYS AFTER FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SEIZED HIS PHONES AND A PROBE LOOKS INTO POSSIBLE CORRUPTION BY PEOPLE CLOSE TO HIM, INCLUDING HIS BROTHER. >> THERE'S A SHROUD AROUND SO MANY FOLKS AT TOP LEVELS, IT'S REALLY HARD TO MOVE FORWARD PRETENDING THAT'S NOT THE CASE. >> I'M TAKING IMMEDIATE ACTION AND APPOINTING TOM DONILON AS INTERIM POLICE COMMISSIONER. MAYOR ADAMS ANNOUNCED THOMAS G. >> DONILON, SEEN IN THIS PICTURE, WHICH COMES FROM FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUTSIDE OF THE NYPD, WILL SERVE IN THE INTERIM. DONILON, A BRONX NATIVE, WORKED FOR 30 YEARS WITH THE FBI AND WAS HEAD OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR NEW YORK STATE. >> TOM IS AN EXPERIENCED LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONAL WHO HAS WORKED AT THE LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL, AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS. >> DONILON YESTERDAY IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, MY GOALS ARE CLEAR. 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. AND AS DONILON SERVES IN THE INTERIM, MAYOR ADAMS WILL NOW HAVE TO DECIDE WHO IS NOW THIRD. POLICE COMMISSIONER WILL BE AS HE CONTINUES HIS TERM AS MAYOR. AS FOR CABAN, HE DENIES ANY WRONGDOING. HE SAYS THAT HE IS NOT A TARGET IN THIS INVESTIGATION. AS FOR THE OTHER INVESTIGATIONS, WELL, THEY ARE TAKING NOW A CLOSER LOOK AT OTHER TOP AIDES CLOSE TO THE MAYOR. WE ARE LIVE