Mayor Adams Jan. 7 rolled out a controversial choice for Deputy Mayor in a strikingly unorthodox way: he let Philip Banks announce his own appointment in The Daily News.
In a first-person article posted on the paper's website early that morning, Mr. Banks wrote, "Now, nearly 40 years after I left home, and after nearly 30 years as a member of the NYPD, I still want to serve. But as I take on a new role as deputy mayor for public safety, I owe it to New Yorkers, and to our new Mayor Eric Adams, to answer some questions that have been raised about me."
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