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>>> AFTER FACING CALLS TO RESIGN SINCE HIS PHONES WERE SEIZED BY FEDERAL AGENTS, COMMISSIONER EDWARD CABAN IS DOING THAT. >> HIS RESIGNATION BECOMES EFFECTIVE TODAY AND TAKING HIS PLACE IS TOM DONLON, FORMER FBI AGENT AND HOMELAND SECURITY EXPERT . ELIJAH WESTBROOK HAS MORE THAN THE NYPD'S CHANGE AT THE TOP. >> Reporter: WE ARE HOURS AWAY FROM A CHANGE IN COMMAND AT THE NYPD. THIS AFTER HE HAD BEEN FACING INCREASED CALLS TO STEP DOWN AFTER FEDERAL AGENTS SEIZED HIS CELL PHONE ALONG WITH PHONES BELONGING TO HIS BROTHER JAMES AND SEVERAL OTHER POLICE OFFICIALS. IT IS SAID TO BE PART OF A PROBE FOCUSED ON POSSIBLE CORRUPTION AND THE ROLE OF JAMES AND NIGHTLIFE ENFORCEMENT. NEW LEADERSHIP IS TAKING OVER THE NYPD AS EDWARD CABAN RESIGNED THURSDAY. THIS COMES AMID A FEDERAL CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION THAT HAS ENGULFED A NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICIALS AS WELL AS HIS TWIN BROTHER JAMES. >> COMMISSIONER CABAN COMMITTED HIS LIFE TO MAKING THE CITY SAFER. >> Reporter: MAYOR ADAMS PRAISING THE COMMISSION FOR HIS 30 YEARS OF SERVICE AND IS THE CITY TOP COP OVER THE LAST 14 MONTHS. HE SAID FOR 13 OF THOSE MONTHS, CRIME WAS DOWN. THURSDAY, CABAN ANNOUNCED HIS DEPARTURE WROTE IN A LETTER TO THE NYPD IN PART, THE NEWS AROUND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS HAS CREATED A DISTRACTION FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND I AM ONE WILLING TO LET MY ATTENTION BE ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN OUR IMPORTANT WORK FOR THE SAFETY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE NYPD. >> WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. WE ARE WAITING FOR THAT. CANNOT HAVE THE DEPARTMENT UNDER SCRUTINY LIKE THIS. >> VERY DISAPPOINTING. WE HAD HIGH HOPES, THE FIRST LATINO POLICE COMMISSIONER. >> Reporter: FRIDAY, NEW TOP COP TAKES OVER, TOM DONLON AS INTERIM COMMISSIONER. HE IS EXPECTED TO BE THE THIRD COMMISSIONER IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS. >> HE SERVED AS NEW YORK'S DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY , RAN THE FBI'S NATIONAL THREAT CENTER, AND THE FBI NYPD JOINT TERRORIST TASK FORCE. >> Reporter: TOM DONLON SET MY GOALS ARE CLEAR. CONTINUE THE HISTORIC PROGRESS DECREASING CRIME AND REMOVING ILLEGAL GUNS FROM COMMUNITIES, POLED STANDARDS OF INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY, AND SUPPORT OUR DEDICATED OFFICERS WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY DAY TO KEEP US SAFE. COMMISSIONER CABAN'S ATTORNEY SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT HE IS NOT THE TARGET OF ANY INVESTIGATION AND HE EXPECTS TO COOPERATE FULLY WITH THE GOVERNMENT. COMING UP, WE WILL A MORE ON THE CHANGES AT THE NYPD AND HOW TOM DONLON FIRST AND THE JOB IS EXPECTED TO GO. >> STABLE CBS NEWS NEW YORK