Daughtry, who served as Adams’ deputy mayor for public security and was one in every of Adams’ closest allies within the administration on the finish of his time period, formally retired from the Police Division earlier this month.
Daughtry has ties to the Trump White Home and served as Metropolis Corridor’s most important liaison with Immigration and Customs Enforcement underneath Adams. He reportedly helped Trump border czar Tom Homan plan raids focusing on immigrants residing in city-funded lodges — efforts that have been blocked by NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.
Final summer season, Daughtry posted images of himself and John Chell, one other former prime NYPD official, enjoying golf with President Trump in New Jersey.
Daughtry declined to remark.
A spokesperson for DHS didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark, nor did spokespeople for Adams or Mayor Mamdani. Mamdani has not employed anybody to fill Daughtry’s former administration function.
Adams fostered a pleasant relationship with the Trump administration, which attracted intense scrutiny after the president’s Division of Justice labored to dismiss the then-mayor’s federal corruption indictment.
Daughtry was one of many stars of the deliberate “Behind the Badge” TV collection, which was made with Dr. Phil’s son, Jordan McGraw. Mayor Mamdani’s Legislation Division is now suing the son and his manufacturing firm, accusing them of making an attempt to air “extremely problematic” episodes towards the desires of town that embrace footage of crime victims, witnesses and undercover officers.
