NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey resigned after allegations he demanded sexual favors for overtime pay, prompting Mayor Adams to call the claims "alarming."

The latest scandal to rock the New York City Police Department (NYPD) is one that no one saw coming. Jeffrey Maddrey, the department’s highest-ranking uniformed officer, stepped down from his position on Friday, Dec. 20, after being accused of sexual misconduct.

The nation's largest police department is embroiled in a high-level shakeup amid the crisis engulfing Mayor Eric Adams and his administration. On Friday night, the highest-ranking uniformed officer of the New York City Police Department abruptly resigned as he faced accusations of sexual misconduct.

As Mayor Eric Adams has done at the end of every year, he talked to Eyewitness News anchor Bill Ritter on Monday about the year that has gone by, and the year ahead.

Adams and a militarized squadron of NYPD officers, clad in tactical gear and armed with weapons escorted Luigi Mangione to a Manhattan courthouse in a very over-the-top perp walk.

When the New York Police Department’s top uniformed officer abruptly resigned Friday following sexual abuse allegations, it was the latest major shakeup in Jessica Tisch’s short month running the NYPD. And it follows a pattern of what critics have called belated steps toward competence in Mayor Eric Adams’ administration.

Maddrey, the city’s top uniformed cop, was accused by Lt. Quathisha Epps in a formal complaint of forcing her into a sexual relationship and routinely preying up on her, asking for sex in NYPD headquarters, in exchange for overtime.

Mayor Eric Adams told reporters he wanted to meet Luigi Mangione when he arrived in New York to show that his city is leading the way.

We’re not going to be able to just police our way out of this,” he said, per the city transcript. “Because if you have hate being arrested, when you’re released, you’re going to still have that hate."

The NYPD is still working to identify the woman who was set on fire while she slept on the New York City Subway last weekend.

The New York Police Department's top uniformed officer, known as the Chief of Department, abruptly resigned Saturday amid allegations he demanded sexual favors from a subordinate.