By Josephine Stratman and Thomas Tracy
New York Daily News
NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani fired New York City Sheriff Anthony Miranda on Thursday, replacing him with NYPD whistleblower Edwin Raymond.
Miranda’s ousting was not unexpected: Mamdani has frequently spoken about clearing his administration of the controversies of the Adams administration.
“Edwin Raymond represents the kind of public servant New Yorkers deserve: principled, courageous and deeply committed to justice,” Mamdani said in a statement.
“Throughout his career, he has fought to build a public safety system rooted in effectiveness, accountability and public trust. Edwin understands that true safety comes when government earns the confidence of the people it serves, and I am proud to welcome him to our administration as Sheriff of the City of New York.”
Miranda declined comment.
“I don’t have anything to say at this point,” he told the Daily News Thursday.
Raymond was an NYPD whistleblower and spent over a decade as a cop, retiring early in order to “spearhead a nationwide evolution in policing,” per an archived version of his website, which was taken down in late April.
In August 2015, Raymond filed a lawsuit with 11 other police officers, claiming the NYPD’s requirements for officers to meet numerical quotas for arrests and court summonses each month broke state law and went against the the 14th Amendment against racial discrimination.
He published a book, “An Inconvenient Cop: My Fight to Change...
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