NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Keechant Sewell shall be New York Metropolis’s forty fifth police commissioner and the primary girl to guide the division.
Mayor-elect Eric Adams made the historic announcement Wednesday morning.
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Sewell, 49, will change outgoing NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea.
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Listed here are 5 issues we learn about her:
- Sewell beforehand spent 25 years with the Nassau County Police Division and most lately served as chief of detectives
- She grew up within the Queensbridge Homes in Lengthy Island Metropolis, Queens
- She now lives in Valley Stream, however must transfer again into town
- Sewell likes to cook dinner and host dinner events for her buddies
- Adams says he selected her as a result of she “exudes what it means to be emotionally clever.”
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